Article ID: 912475
Article Last Modified on 4/2/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
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SYMPTOMS
The Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Australia during March 2006. Several Australian states changed the date on which daylight saving time changes to standard time. These states are New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, and Tasmania. In these states, daylight saving time changed to standard time on the first Sunday of April 2006.
Microsoft created an update for the following products to address the 2006 change in the official daylight saving time transition dates:
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows XP
Daylight saving time changes to standard time on last Sunday of March, 2007. Therefore, computers that have the KB 912475 update installed will not show the correct 2007 daylight saving time transition date for the affected time zones in Australia. These computers will change from daylight saving time to standard time a week late, on April 1, 2007
Daylight saving time for 2007
For the year 2006 only, the official daylight saving time transition dates for each state in Australia changed to the first Sunday of April. For the year 2007, the official daylight saving time transition dates for each state in Australia returns to the standard last Sunday of March. The following table shows these transition dates:
| State name | 2007 date | 2006 date |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria | March 25, 2007 | April 2, 2006 |
| ACT | March 25, 2007 | April 2, 2006 |
| NSW | March 25, 2007 | April 2, 2006 |
| Tasmania | March 25, 2007 | April 2, 2006 |
| South Australia | March 25, 2007 | April 2, 2006 |
Note At 3:00 A.M. on the day that daylight saving time changes to standard time, clocks are moved back one hour.
The change to daylight saving time 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
RESOLUTION
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003
Upate information
An automatic update will be released after the end of the 2006 daylight saving time transition. This update will reset the affected time zones back to their regular end date. Customers who have Automatic Updates enabled do not have to take any additional action.
Alternatively, customers can manually remove the KB 912475 update at this point. Manually removing the KB 912475 update will also reset the affected time zones back to their regular end date. Customers who do not have automatic updates enabled and who installed the KB 912475 update must manually remove this update.
Manually remove the KB 912475 update
To manually uninstall the KB 912475 update, follow these steps:
- Click Start, click Run, type appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
- Click to select the Show updates check box.
- In the list, click the KB 912475 update, and then click Remove.
- Follow the steps that appear on the screen to complete the removal.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.
MORE INFORMATION
Verify that the KB 912475 update is installed
To verify that the KB 912475 update is installed, follow these steps:
- Click Start, click Run, type appwiz cpl, and then click OK.
- Click to select the Show updates check box.
- Verify that the KB 912475 update is listed.
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