TimeZone
TimeZone specifies the time zone of the computer. The time zones that are specified in Windows System Image Manager are not localized. They are always in English in the registry. The Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) resource name for the time zone is localized, which is what is displayed to the user.
Values
Timezone |
Specifies the time zone for the computer. Timezone is a string with a maximum length of 256 characters. New time zones may appear in future releases. If you need to add support for a new time zone, enter the exact time zone string. Set the |
This string type supports empty elements.
Time Zones
The following table shows the time zones that are valid for Windows Vista, the GMT offset for each time zone, and the resource that is displayed for each time zone.
| Time Zone | Display |
|---|---|
Afghanistan Standard Time |
(GMT+04:30) Kabul |
Alaskan Standard Time |
(GMT-09:00) Alaska |
Arab Standard Time |
(GMT+03:00) Kuwait, Riyadh |
Arabian Standard Time |
(GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat |
Arabic Standard Time |
(GMT+03:00) Baghdad |
Atlantic Standard Time |
(GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada) |
AUS Central Standard Time |
(GMT+09:30) Darwin |
AUS Eastern Standard Time |
(GMT+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney |
Azerbaijan Standard Time |
(GMT +04:00) Baku |
Azores Standard Time |
(GMT-01:00) Azores |
Canada Central Standard Time |
(GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan |
Cape Verde Standard Time |
(GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Islands |
Caucasus Standard Time |
(GMT+04:00) Yerevan |
Cen. Australia Standard Time |
(GMT+09:30) Adelaide |
Central America Standard Time |
(GMT-06:00) Central America |
Central Asia Standard Time |
(GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka |
Central Brazilian Standard Time |
(GMT -04:00) Manaus |
Central Europe Standard Time |
(GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague |
Central European Standard Time |
(GMT+01:00) Sarajevo, Skopje, Warsaw, Zagreb |
Central Pacific Standard Time |
(GMT+11:00) Magadan, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia |
Central Standard Time |
(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US and Canada) |
Central Standard Time (Mexico) |
(GMT-06:00) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey |
China Standard Time |
(GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong SAR, Urumqi |
Dateline Standard Time |
(GMT-12:00) International Date Line West |
E. Africa Standard Time |
(GMT+03:00) Nairobi |
E. Australia Standard Time |
(GMT+10:00) Brisbane |
E. Europe Standard Time |
(GMT+02:00) Minsk |
E. South America Standard Time |
(GMT-03:00) Brasilia |
Eastern Standard Time |
(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada) |
Egypt Standard Time |
(GMT+02:00) Cairo |
Ekaterinburg Standard Time |
(GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg |
Fiji Standard Time |
(GMT+12:00) Fiji Islands, Kamchatka, Marshall Islands |
FLE Standard Time |
(GMT+02:00) Helsinki, Kiev, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius |
Georgian Standard Time |
(GMT +04:00) Tblisi |
GMT Standard Time |
(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London |
Greenland Standard Time |
(GMT-03:00) Greenland |
Greenwich Standard Time |
(GMT) Casablanca, Monrovia |
GTB Standard Time |
(GMT+02:00) Athens, Bucharest, Istanbul |
Hawaiian Standard Time |
(GMT-10:00) Hawaii |
India Standard Time |
(GMT+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi |
Iran Standard Time |
(GMT+03:30) Tehran |
Israel Standard Time |
(GMT+02:00) Jerusalem |
Korea Standard Time |
(GMT+09:00) Seoul |
Mid-Atlantic Standard Time |
(GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic |
Mountain Standard Time |
(GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US and Canada) |
Mountain Standard Time (Mexico) |
(GMT-07:00) Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan |
Myanmar Standard Time |
(GMT+06:30) Yangon (Rangoon) |
N. Central Asia Standard Time |
(GMT+06:00) Almaty, Novosibirsk |
Namibia Standard Time |
(GMT +02:00) Windhoek |
Nepal Standard Time |
(GMT+05:45) Kathmandu |
New Zealand Standard Time |
(GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington |
Newfoundland Standard Time |
(GMT-03:30) Newfoundland and Labrador |
North Asia East Standard Time |
(GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaanbaatar |
North Asia Standard Time |
(GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk |
Pacific SA Standard Time |
(GMT-04:00) Santiago |
Pacific Standard Time |
(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US and Canada); Tijuana |
Romance Standard Time |
(GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris |
Russian Standard Time |
(GMT+03:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd |
SA Eastern Standard Time |
(GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown |
SA Pacific Standard Time |
(GMT-05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito |
SA Western Standard Time |
(GMT-04:00) Caracas, La Paz |
Samoa Standard Time |
(GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa |
SE Asia Standard Time |
(GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta |
Singapore Standard Time |
(GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore |
South Africa Standard Time |
(GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria |
Sri Lanka Standard Time |
(GMT+06:00) Sri Jayawardenepura |
Taipei Standard Time |
(GMT+08:00) Taipei |
Tasmania Standard Time |
(GMT+10:00) Hobart |
Tokyo Standard Time |
(GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo |
Tonga Standard Time |
(GMT+13:00) Nuku'alofa |
US Eastern Standard Time |
(GMT-05:00) Indiana (East) |
US Mountain Standard Time |
(GMT-07:00) Arizona |
Vladivostok Standard Time |
(GMT+10:00) Vladivostok |
W. Australia Standard Time |
(GMT+08:00) Perth |
W. Central Africa Standard Time |
(GMT+01:00) West Central Africa |
W. Europe Standard Time |
(GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna |
West Asia Standard Time |
(GMT+05:00) Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent |
West Pacific Standard Time |
(GMT+10:00) Guam, Port Moresby |
Yakutsk Standard Time |
(GMT+09:00) Yakutsk |
Note
For a complete list of supported time zone entries, refer to the values listed in the registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones on a computer running Windows Vista.
Valid Passes
Parent Hierarchy
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | TimeZone
Applies To
For the list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.
XML Example
The following XML output shows how to set the time zone.
<TimeZone>Pacific Standard Time</TimeZone>