To change the timezone from the command line in Windows, type the following at the prompt and press enter. This will open up the timezone setting window from the Control Panel.

RunDLL32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL %SystemRoot%\system32\TIMEDATE.cpl,,/Z US Eastern Standard Timep

In a limited access account, (all members of the USER group) you can run this command using Runas.

runas /u:%computername%\administrator cmd

followed by

RunDLL32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL %SystemRoot%\system32\TIMEDATE.cpl,,/Z US Eastern Standard Timep

This method works in both XP and Vista.

[src]

This entry was posted on Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at 5:13 pm and is filed under howto, windows. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.