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Administering Time Zones


The time zones records that are shipped with Siebel eBusiness Applications as seed data include the 74 world time zones. These are the same time zones used by Microsoft in its operating systems. This includes the time zone name, its offset from UTC, and daylight savings information. Tasks for administering time zones include:

Modifying Time Zones

You will rarely need to modify a time zone's regional settings. However, you may want to modify other time zone settings such as the display name or daylight savings rules, as these occasionally change.

To modify time zone settings

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Application Administration > Time Zone Administration.
  2. In the Time Zone list, select the time zone record you want to modify.
  3. Modify the fields as necessary.

    Some fields are described in the following table.

    Field
    Description

    Name

    Name of time zone.

    Standard Abbreviation

    The abbreviation for the time zone.

    UTC Offset

    The time difference between local time and UTC, allowing for all time zones, including the off-by-30-minutes found in India and Adelaide (Australia).

    DST Abbreviation

    The abbreviations for daylight savings time.

    DST Bias

    The difference in time, if any, DST makes. For example, Indiana (a state in the U.S.) does not use DST, so Indiana is in the Eastern Time Zone (GMT +5) during DST and in the Central Time Zone (GMT+6) during Standard time. Therefore, Indiana would be set with GMT+6 with a 0-bias. Another example is Germany, which uses the Offset -60 (UTC-1) and Bias 60 for DST.

    DST Start Ordinal

    Part of the rule that determines when DST starts. For example, if the rule is the first Sunday in April, First is defined in this field.

    DST Start Day

    Part of the rule that determines when DST starts. For example, if the rule is the first Sunday in April, Sunday is defined in this field.

    DST Start Month

    Part of the rule that determines when DST starts. For example, if the rule is the first Sunday in April, April is defined in this field.

    DST Start Time

    Start time for DST.

Maintaining Translations of Time Zones

You maintain translations of the text-based fields for each time zone using the Time Zone Administration view.

To maintain translations of time zones

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Application Administration >Time Zone Administration.
  2. In the Time Zone list, select the time zone you want to translate.
  3. In the Time Zone Translation list, select the menu button, and then choose New Record.

    The Time Zone Translation form appears.

  4. In the Time Zone Translation form that appears, enter the translated version of text fields.
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