TIMEZONE.EXE - ReadMe


Daylight Saving Time Update Utility Version 1.01.
Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997, 1998. All rights reserved.

TIMEZONE StartDate EndDate

  StartDate  Date that Daylight Saving Time begins (Hour-DayofWeek-Week-Month).
  EndDate    Date that Daylight Saving Time ends (Hour-DayOfWeek-Week-Month).

Example (run this command from a DOS box):

TIMEZONE 02-0-2-03 02-0-1-11

Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 on second Sunday in March, 02-0-2-03, and
Daylight Saving Time ends at 02:00 on first Sunday in November, 02-0-1-11.

Useful:

You can use this Microsoft DOS box command line tool to add, change or delete
Time Zone (TZ) start date/end date info from your registry.
Run this command from a DOS box:
TIMEZONE
to view its help screen.
You can create DOS BATch files with custom TIMEZONE.EXE lines to adjust TZ
registry settings completely unattended.
Microsoft Daylight Saving Time Update Utility TIMEZONE.EXE v1.01 command line
tool is part of Windows 98 Resource Kit (RK) [6 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/config/TIMEZONE.EXE

Guide:

How to configure DST in Windows 95/98/ME from the command line (DOX
box/session/console):
1. Download TIMEZONE.EXE v1.01 command line tool from Windows 98 Resource Kit
(RK) [6 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/config/TIMEZONE.EXE
2. Run TIMEZONE.EXE from a DOX box/session/console to view its command line
parameters + usage details:
TIMEZONE
3. Run TIMEZONE.EXE from a DOX box/session/console with custom parameters to
update DST values into your registry [example using U. S. A. Mountain Daylight
Time (MDT) time zone DST]:
TIMEZONE 02-0-2-03 02-0-1-11
