Time Zones

MetaEdit+ needs to have the correct time zone settings in order to show times correctly, and to write files with the correct time. This is especially important in the multi-user version, where some operations may depend on file dates and times.

Make sure that all clients and servers have the correct time zone settings, both at the operating system level and in MetaEdit+ (requires patch me970321 for clients). For Windows 3.1(1) the time zone should be set to all zeroes (and Sunday) (PCs store local time, not GMT, so do not need to convert). For Windows 95 and NT, and all Unix versions, the time zone needs to be set. Note that the default operating system settings are often wrong: check them!

The meanings of the various settings are described below, along with some example values.

Time difference:
What to add to GMT to get the local time, positive = East of GMT, negative = West of GMT
DST time offset:
What extra to add during summer / daylight saving; normally 1 if there is any DST, or 0 if DST is not used.
Time of day when DST starts or ends:
Often sometime in the early morning. Note you should give the time your clock shows then when DST is NOT in effect.
Day of year when DST starts:
Actually, this should be the last possible day when DST can start in a non-leap year: we search back from this day for the day of the week below. Days are entered as the number of days in the year so far: Jan 1 = 1, so Sept 30 = 273, Oct 31 = 304
Day of year when DST ends:
Calculated as above, March 31 = 90
Day of week on which DST starts:
Normally Sunday - must be entered in English.