Daylight Saving Time Fix 2007.2.7.13

This program updates Windows machines to the new USA daylight saving time requirements in 2007. Daylight Saving Time Fix is a small, simple but useful program that updates Windows machines to the new USA daylight saving time requirements in 2007.
You may have forgotten by now, but two years ago the US government changed the dates for daylight saving time. When the law was passed it was set to take effect in 2007.
Well, here we are. It is 2007, and Microsoft has published updates for XP, and 2003. But... No update for 2000 Workstation, or any of the server editions.
This is a huge problem for many organizations. There are some companies that have hundreds of Windows 2000 boxes. The thought that they will need to upgrade to XP or 2003 (Just for this) is a nightmare. Microsoft is providing a hotfix - but only to the companies that have an extended support contract. To their credit, Microsoft does provide a registry workaround for the rest of us.
Daylight Saving Time Fix is a utility that will update any machine to the new daylight saving format (XP, NT, 2000, 2003, Vista). Obviously you only need it for 2000, or NT since those operating systems have dropped off support.
It updates Daylight Saving Time (Yes it is Saving, not Savings) in these time zones:
- Alaska Standard Time Zone
- Central Standard Time Zone
- Eastern Standard Time Zone
- Mountain Standard Time Zone
- Pacific Standard Time Zone
- Atlantic Standard Time Zone (Canada)
- Newfoundland Standard Time Zone (Canada)
Please note that now we are past March 11th 1:59am the time will *not* be moved forward automatically when installing this patch.
Windows is not smart enough to know that it is in the new dst unless it sees the transition between 1:59am and 2:00am on March 11th.
This means you will need to set your clock forward an hour *after* using the patch. Your system will then switch fine at the proper time from this point on.
If you are on a domain, you will simply need to reboot for windows to sync with the domain controller and see the change.
To test and make sure it is working. Set your date to November 4th and 1:59am Wait for it to get to 2:01am and it should bounce back to 1:00am