StandardTime element (Regional Settings)

Applies to: SharePoint 2016 | SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Server 2013

Used in TIMEZONE.XML (%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\15\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>

Elements and attributes

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None

Child elements

Parent elements

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>