DST Update - Windows 2000

These directions apply to computers with Windows 2000 Professional Edition with Service Pack 4 installed

Use the following procedure to update your Windows 2000 system.

Step 1: Download and install the Windows Time Zone Editor (Tzedit.exe).

1.   Download the ‘Time Zone Editor’ and change it manually.
2. Save the Tzedit.exe file to a folder on your computer, and then double-click the file to run it.
3. In the WinZip Self-Extractor - tzedit.exe dialog box, click Unzip to extract the files to the C:\Program Files\TZEdit folder.

Step 2: Run Windows Time Zone Editor and set the daylight saving time dates for your time zone.

1. Click Start, click Run, type C:\Program Files\TZEdit\tzedit.exe, and then click OK.
2. In Windows Time Zone Editor, click to select your time zone in the Time Zones list, and then click Edit.
   For example, click (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada), and then click Edit.
3. In the Edit Time Zone dialog box, select the Automatically set Daylight Saving Time check box.
4. In the Start Day row, click to select Second, click to select Sunday, click to select March, and then click to select 2:00:00 am.
5. In the Last Day row, click to select First, click to select Sunday, click to select November, and then click to select 2:00:00 am.
6. To set the daylight saving time dates for another time zone in the United States, select the other time zone, and then repeat the previous two steps.
7. Click OK.

Step 3: Apply the daylight saving time date changes to Windows.

1. Click Start, click Run, type timedate.cpl, and then click OK.
2. In the Date and Time Properties dialog box, click the Time Zone tab.
3. Click to select a different time zone than the one you updated in Step 2>, and then click Apply.
4. Click the time zone that you updated in Step 2, and then click OK.

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