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StandardTime Element (Regional Settings)

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Used in TIMEZONE.XML (\\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\CONFIG) to contain both the bias in minutes that standard time for a time zone differs from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and the date on which standard time begins.

<StandardTime>
  <Bias>
  </Bias>
  <Date>
  ...
  </Date>
</StandardTime>

Attributes

Attribute

Description

None

N/A

Child Elements

Bias, Date

Parent Elements

History, TimeZone

Occurrences

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 1

Example

The following example from the file TIMEZONE.XML uses the StandardTime element to specify the date and time on which standard time begins for a time zone.

<StandardTime>
   <Bias>0</Bias>
   <Date>
      <Month>9</Month>
      <Day>4</Day>
      <Hour>2</Hour>
      <DayOfWeek>2</DayOfWeek>
   </Date>
</StandardTime>