These limitations have caused problems. For example, before 2005, DST in Israel varied each year and was skipped some years. Windows 95 used rules correct for 1995 only, causing problems in later years. In Windows 98, Microsoft marked Israel as not having DST, forcing Israeli users to shift their computer clocks manually twice a year. The 2005 Israeli Daylight Saving Law established predictable rules using the Jewish calendar but Windows zone files could not represent the rules' dates in a year-independent way. Partial workarounds, which mishandled older time stamps, included manually switching zone files every year and a Microsoft tool that switches zones automatically. In 2013, Israel standardized its daylight saving time according to the Gregorian calendar. COUNT 5
QSN1 What single year did Windows 95 use to apply rules to Israel's time changes? ANS1 1995 QSN2 Because the schedule in Israel was always changing, what did Microsoft do with the release of Windows 98? ANS2 marked Israel as not having DST QSN3 How often would Israeli users running Windows 98 need to manually adjust the time on their machines to stay current? ANS3 twice a year QSN4 What law regulated the rules for time shifts in Israel according to the Jewish calendar? ANS4 The 2005 Israeli Daylight Saving Law QSN5 Although the schedule in Israel became predictable after 2005, there were still problems in Windows until Israel adjusted DST to what calendar in 2013? ANS5 the Gregorian calendar