History 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 preserve former time zone definitions, so that after the new 2007 time zones take effect, time values for 2006 and earlier will still be calculated correctly.

<History
  Year = "Integer">
    <StandardTime>
      ...
    </StandardTime>
  <DaylightTime>
      ...
    </DaylightTime>
</History>

Elements and attributes

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

Attributes

Attribute Description
Year
Required Integer. Specifies the final year for which to preserve a time zone definition.

Child elements

Parent elements

Occurrences

  • Minimum: 0
  • Maximum: 1

Remarks

The History element can apply to any time zone for any year indicated.