SAP Note 1022730 Time zones&daylight saving time rule

for N America-eg Mexico

Note Language: English

Version: 7 Validity:

Valid Since 06.11.2007

Summary
Symptom
Due to legal changes, daylight saving time begins in the USA and Canada on
the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November as of
2007.
However, these changes do not affect all countries that previously used the
same time zones as the USA and Canada. In Mexico, for example, the existing
rules for the start and end of daylight saving time will continue to apply
for 2007.
For countries that do not make any adjustment to the daylight saving time
rule, there is currently no time zone with a relevant "old" daylight saving
time rule.

Other terms
Mexico, EST, EST_NA, PST, PST_NA, MST, MST_NA, CST, CST_NA,
Daylight saving time, DST rule

Reason and Prerequisites

The daylight saving time rule has changed for the USA and Canada due to a
legal change.

Solution
Due to these changes, it is necessary, from a technical point of view, to
create new time zones and daylight saving time rules, and, in some cases to
adjust the system time zones and the daylight saving time rule accordingly.
Note that, in addition to changing the system time zone and the user time
zone, the time zones of various entities (such as business partners and
customers) and the assignment of time zones to countries or regions may
also have to be adjusted.
To make these changes in Time Zone Customizing, proceed as follows:
1.

Call the maintenance dialog for time zones and maintain the daylight
saving time rule:
Transaction STZBC - "Daylight saving time (summer time) rules" view
(or IMG path 'General Settings' -> 'Time zones' -> 'Time zones in
Basis Customizing);
Create a new entry with the following data:
-

DST rule: NA

DST difference: 01:00:00

DST rule: North America

Active indicator: X

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2.

3.

Switch to the "Variable daylight saving time rule" view and create a
new entry with the following dates:
-

DST rule: NA

Valid from: 1990

Start Mon.: 4 (April)

Start Day: 1 (Sunday)

StrtDayMo.: 1 (1. (first occurrence of that particular weekday

in the month)

Start Time: 02:00:00

End Month: 10 (October)

End Day: 1 (Sunday)

???End Day/Mo.: 5 (last occurrence of that particular weekday

in the month)

End Time:

02:00:00

Switch to the "Time zones" view and create the following new time
zones:

Time zone: CST_NA

Name: Central Time North America

Time zone rule: M0600 (UTC minus 6 hours)

DST rule: NA

active: X

Time zone: EST_NA

Name: Eastern Time North America

Time zone rule: M0500 (UTC minus 5 hours)

DST rule: NA

active: X

Time zone: MST_NA

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Name: Mountain Time North America

Time zone rule: M0700 (UTC minus 7 hours)

DST rule: NA

active: X

Time zone: PST_NA

Name: Pacific Time North America

Time zone rule: M0800 (UTC minus 8 hours)

DST rule: NA

active: X

These changes are available in the attachment to Note 198411 as of Version

TZ_2007_V01.

Header Data
Release Status:
Released on:
Master Language:
Priority:
Category:
Primary Component:

Released for Customer

06.11.2007
13:35:28
German
Correction with medium priority
Legal change
BC-SRV-TIM-TZ Time zones

Valid Releases
Software Component

Release

SAP_BASIS
SAP_BASIS
SAP_BASIS
SAP_BASIS

46
60
70
71

From
Release
46C
620
700
710

To
Release
46C
640
700
710

and
Subsequent

Related Notes
Number
919538
198411

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Short Text
Daylight saving time start/end in USA and Canada as of 2007
Current data and information about time zones

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