Microsoft KB Archive/938977

= A hotfix is available to add a new time zone in Venezuela (GMT-4:30) for the year 2007 in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista =

Article ID: 938977

Article Last Modified on 12/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Windows Vista Home Basic
 * Windows Vista Home Premium
 * Windows Vista Ultimate
 * Windows Vista Business
 * Windows Vista Enterprise
 * Windows Vista Starter
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Important Potential impacts of using the new time zone are as follows:

This update for the Windows operating system is available to allow customers and partners to test and implement the new time zone for Caracas, Venezuela, prior to an official announcement of the date to move to the new time zone.

This update makes a change to your Windows operating system by installing a new time zone for Caracas, Venezuela. The name of the new time zone is Venezuela Standard Time, and the display name for this time zone is (GMT -04:30) Caracas.

The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has announced a change to the time zone for the country, which to date has typically observed South America Western Standard Time. According to current official reports, the start date for new time zone is yet to be determined. However, it is projected to occur on or before December 31, 2007. When customers move their Windows clients to the new time zone, clocks will move backwards 30 minutes, from UTC -4:00 to UTC -4:30. This change begins at 11:59:59 PM local time on the start date. Clocks should be moved back to 11:30:00 PM rather than advancing to 12:00:00 AM (midnight).

We recommend that customers who manually update their time zone information by using this update maintain their current time zone settings and confirm the start date of the time zone change in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela before using the new time zone.

End users may perform this update. The resulting new time zone may remain on the time zone tab and have a display name of (GMT-04:00) La Paz until the user manually makes a transition to Venezuela Standard Time. This time zone is also known as SA Western Standard Time.

Using this new time zone before the official time zone change affects the date and time on your computer.

For more information about how to manually change your time zone, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

How to change your computer's time and time zone in Windows Vista:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/549bd2ed-8d98-4b4f-b600-b2fbfdef661f1033.mspx

How to change your computer's time and time zone in Windows 2003 and earlier versions:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_date_change_time.mspx?mfr=true

How to change the time zone in Microsoft Office:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP052432171033.aspx

Potential impact to Microsoft Outlook calendars
Before you apply the update that is described in this article, be aware of potential issues that may affect Microsoft Office Outlook. For more information, click the following article number about these issues to view the article about these issues in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

931667 How to address the daylight saving time changes in 2007 by using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook

Support for non-mainstream supported Windows versions
For more information about how to manually update the time zone information for non-mainstream version of the Windows Operating system, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

914387 How to configure daylight saving time for Microsoft Windows operating systems

Note The update that is described in this Knowledge Base article is for those versions of Windows that are currently in mainstream support.

Important Before you apply the update that is described in this article, be aware of potential issues that may affect Outlook. For more information about these issues, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

931667 How to address the daylight saving time changes in 2007 by using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook



INTRODUCTION
The government of Venezuela has announced a new time zone for Venezuela (GMT-4:30). The new time zone change takes effect at 24:00:00 (midnight) on December 31, 2007.



Update information
The December 2007 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems is now available. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

942763 December 2007 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems

This hotfix is available for computers that run the following operating systems:
 * Windows XP
 * Windows Server 2003
 * Windows Vista

Windows Server 2003
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
To apply this hotfix, you must have one of the following service packs installed:
 * Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
 * Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix package has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Windows Server 2003 with SP1, x86-based versions

Windows Server 2003 with SP2, x86-based versions

Windows Server 2003 with SP1, x64-based versions

Windows Server 2003 with SP2, x64-based versions

Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Itanium-based versions

Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Itanium-based versions

Windows XP
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
To apply this hotfix, you must have Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed.

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix package has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Windows XP with SP2

Windows Vista
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix package has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Windows Vista, 32-bit versions

Windows Vista, 64-bit versions



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, follow these steps:
 * 1) Use the Time Zone Editor tool (Tzedit.exe) to set the new DST start time and end time for the (GMT+04:00) Caracas, La Paz time zone.

Note The Tzedit.exe tool is included in the Windows Resource Kit.
 * 1) Use a script or another tool to copy the registry changes that are made by the Tzedit.exe tool to client computers.

For more information about how to use the Tzedit.exe tool, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

317211 How to configure daylight saving time dates for Brazil

For more information about how to configure daylight saving time for Microsoft Windows operating systems, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

914387 How to configure daylight saving time for Microsoft Windows operating systems



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

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