Windows 2000 has established end of Mainstream Support and will not be receiving any Daylight Savings informs if you have extensive Hotfix Support. This indicates clock will not automatically adapt itself for Daylight Savings. This relates to XP with SP1 installed. You can vary Windows Daylight Savings settings by yourself employing tzedit.exe tool. The tzedit.exe tool authorizes you to create and edit time zone entries for Date or Time settings in Control Panel, particularly for daylight-saving time. Windows XP consumers you can inform to SP2 and not have to worry about it.
To edit a time zone double click tzedit.exe
1. In Time Zone Editor dialog box, decide a time zone and then tick Edit.
2. If you would like day saving time to be mechanically enabled for time zone, ensure the Automatically Set Daylight Saving Time check box. Then set dates and times on which daylight savings time will stop and start.
3. In second box, optionally type a name to be employs for time zone when daylight savings time is in result.
4. In Daylight Bias box, choose time modify from Standard time for daylight savings time. In many cases this value must stay at default value of +1:00 hour. This will reason time to go in front one hour on DST start day/time and fall back one hour on DST end day/time.
To make the new Daylight Savings changes take effect
1. Go to Control Panel and tick Date/Time icon or twice tick in taskbar
2. Tick Time Zone tab
3. Choose or re-select time zone you have modified
4. Press Ok.