| 1.) | Click on the Options button and then on Time Zones menu in the main tool bar.
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| 2.) | Go to Tools menu and select options. In options, you will find "Time Zones". Click on it to open up the Time Zones form.
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After the user has selected one of the above-mentioned ways, a dialog box, similar to the one shown in the figure 1 would be displayed:
Figure 1: Time Zones
A brief summary of all of the components on this form is given below:
| · | Short Name: Specifies a short name for this Time Zones.
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| · | DS Short Name: Specifies a short name for DS Name.
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| · | Name: It displays the name of the currently selected time zone.
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| · | DS Name: Specifies a name for Daylight saving time.
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| · | Offset UTC: It tells the difference of the current time zone from GMT in minutes.
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| · | Offset DS: Daylight saving time offset.
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| · | DS Begin Date: Date when Daylight saving time starts.
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| · | DS End Date: Date when Daylight saving time ends.
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| · | New: This button is used for creating a new time zone.
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| · | Add: This button is used for adding the newly created time zone to the database. It only works after pressing the "New" button.
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| · | Delete: It deletes the selected time zone permanently from the database.
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| · | Update: It updates an existing time zone.
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| · | Close: Closes the Time Zones Manager.
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The changes made from this form will be visible in the Time Zone combo box in the Manage Users form as well.