Click Here to Install Silverlight*
United StatesChange|All Microsoft Sites
Microsoft
Download Center 
Search Advanced Search

Australian Daylight Savings Changes for Microsoft Products for the Year 2006

Brief Description
The Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held during March 2006 in Melbourne Australia. Several Australian states including New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Tasmania, have changed the Daylight Savings transition end dates to the first Sunday of Apr 2006.

On This Page

Quick Details
Version:2.2
Date Published:3/8/2006
Language:English
Download Size:129 KB - 702
*Download size depends on selected download components.

Overview

For more information on this update package, please see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909915.

The Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held during March 2006 in Melbourne Australia. Several Australian states including New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Tasmania, have changed the Daylight Savings transition end dates to the first Sunday of April 2006.

Daylight savings end for 2005/2006
For the Year 2006 only, the published Daylight Savings end transition dates (as at 14th September, 2005) for each of the states of Australia are:
Victoria 27/03/2006 To 2/4/2006
ACT 27/03/2006 To 2/4/2006
NSW 27/03/2006 To 2/4/2006
Tasmania 27/03/2006 To 2/4/2006
South Australia 27/03/2006 To 2/4/2006


Note: Clocks are advanced at 2am by 1 hour on start day to become Summer Time.
Clocks are wound back at 3am by 1 hour at end day to become Standard Time.

The change to Daylight Savings will affect the transition settings for the following time zone rules:

(GMT + 10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
(GMT + 10:00) Hobart
(GMT+09:30) Adelaide


Currently supported versions of products shipped by Microsoft have Daylight Savings transition dates that do not cater for the abovementioned change. These products include:
Microsoft Windows ME
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows CE / Mobile
Microsoft Exchange server 2000
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

 Top of page

System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 2000 Advanced Server; Windows 2000 Professional Edition ; Windows 2000 Server; Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows ME; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 for Itanium-based Systems; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for 64-Bit Itanium-Based Systems; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition; Windows XP; Windows XP 64-bit; Windows XP for Itanium-based Systems Version 2003; Windows XP Home Edition ; Windows XP Media Center Edition; Windows XP Professional 64-Bit Edition (Itanium) ; Windows XP Professional 64-Bit Edition (Itanium) 2003; Windows XP Professional Edition ; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows ME
An update has been created for the following products:
Windows 2000
Windows Server 2003
Windows XP
Windows ME

 Top of page

Instructions

Run the self extracting executable file and read the ReadMe file for instructions.

Update Flash:
For customers that have Outlook 2000 client software there is an updated package available for Windows NT in the download section.

If you do NOT have Outlook 2000 clients then NO additional action is required.

If you have Outlook 2000 clients and have not already deployed the timezone registry update from KB 909915, apply the new Outlook 2000 specific version in its place.

If you have Outlook 2000 clients and have already deployed this timezone registry update from KB 909915, you will need to uninstall it and install the Outlook 2000 specific version below.

NOTE: Second release to include reg.exe for Windows 2000 machines without the support tools installed.

 Top of page

Files in This Download

The links in this section correspond to separate files available in this download. Download the files most appropriate for you.
File Name:File Size

mel-2006-dst-all.exe

282 KB

mel-2006-dst-me.exe

129 KB

Mel-2006-dst-ntx86.exe

146 KB

Mel-2006-dst-ntx86OL2000.exe

146 KB

 Top of page


© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Contact Us |Terms of Use |Trademarks |Privacy Statement