# OK, So Where Do I Get A Computer DST Patch ...

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 6, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-where-do-i-get-a-computer-dst-patch/394819 "2007-03-06T16:43:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-where-do-i-get-a-computer-dst-patch/394819/1 "2007-03-06T16:43:47Z")

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OK, so where do I get a computer DST patch for Windows 2000, without having [to pay Microsoft $4,000](http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129550-c,industrynews/article.html) for a few lines of code?

No, the machines cannot be upgraded to XP or Vista, nor Linux or “just use a Mac.”

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**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-where-do-i-get-a-computer-dst-patch/394819/2 "2007-03-06T17:02:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Duckster]  
OK, so where do I get a computer DST patch for Windows 2000, without having [to pay Microsoft $4,000](http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129550-c,industrynews/article.html) for a few lines of code?

No, the machines cannot be upgraded to XP or Vista, nor Linux or “just use a Mac.”  
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Um. At the end of the article is suggests using Tzedit.exe, which is free.

How’s that?

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**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-where-do-i-get-a-computer-dst-patch/394819/3 "2007-03-06T17:11:46Z")

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Or go into the date/time control panel, turn off automatic daylight savings time changing, and just set the clock forward/back yourself.

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**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-where-do-i-get-a-computer-dst-patch/394819/4 "2007-03-06T17:15:02Z")

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This might be helpful:

> **[Unofficial Windows 2000 Daylight Saving Time Patch | Remote Administration...](http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2007/01/unofficial-windows-2000-daylight-saving-time-patch/)**
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> We have updated our Network Administrator product - You can use it to deploy the patch, and verify it's installation on machines across your network. Also we

There is also this:

> **[KB914387: How to configure daylight saving time for Microsoft Windows...](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb914387-how-to-configure-daylight-saving-time-for-microsoft-windows-operating-systems-83a0992c-bce3-336a-d64d-f7bdfdbcd7c8)**
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> This article describes how to update Windows to use the latest DST and global time zone rules.

See the heading, “Method 1: Change the time zone settings on multiple networked computers” if you are an admin and need to fix a lot of machines.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-where-do-i-get-a-computer-dst-patch/394819/5 "2007-03-06T17:32:23Z")

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[QUOTE=TimeWinder]  
Or go into the date/time control panel, turn off automatic daylight savings time changing, and just set the clock forward/back yourself.  
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Ah, that won’t work as intended. In fact, from reading the links others have provided, it would make it worse for networked computers.

Thanks to all. I found [the IBM web site](http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3068&context=SSNVBF&uid=swg21253837) so much more helpful than [the Microsoft support page](http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_topissues#A5) created to handle the issue.