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 ...step one, get over the frustration.
-Step Two;
+Step Two (below example is for the Pacific Time Zone);
-* <code>TimeSTD 1, 1, 11, 1, 2, -300</code>
+* Check the Time: <code>Time</code>
-* <code>TimeSTD 1, 1, 11, 1, 2, -300</code>
+* Set the Time Zone: <code>Timezone 99</code>
-* <code>TimeSTD 1, 1, 11, 1, 2, -300</code>
+* Set when Daylight Savings Time Begins: <code>TimeDST 0, 2, 3, 1, 2, -420</code>
-* <code>TimeSTD 1, 1, 11, 1, 2, -300</code>
+* Set when Daylight Savings Time Ends (AKA Standard Time, not the Standard Time Zone): <code>TimeSTD 0, 1, 11, 1, 2, -480</code>
+* Or in one line: <code>Backlog Time; Timezone 99; TimeStd 0,1,11,1,2,-480; TimeDst 0,2,3,1,2,-420; Status 7; Restart 1</code>
+=== What's going on? ===
+Well, as it turns out, setting the Timezone to whatever Time Zone you're in works great (like -8 for Pacific Time).  Except when taking Daylight Savings Time into account.  For that, Timezone needs to be set to a 'special Time Zone'.  99.
+=== Values and Their Meaning in the Above Example ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+! colspan="undefined" |Value
+! colspan="undefined" |Meaning
+|-
+| colspan="undefined" |'''0'''
+| colspan="undefined" |'''Hemisphere''' (0=North, 1=South)
+|-
+| colspan="undefined" |'''2'''
+| colspan="undefined" |'''Week''' (1, 2, 3, 4, or 0 for last)
+|-
+| colspan="undefined" |'''3'''
+| colspan="undefined" |'''Month''' (1-12)
+|-
+| colspan="undefined" |'''1'''
+| colspan="undefined" |'''Day of week''' (1=Sunday, 2=Monday, etc.)
+|-
+| colspan="undefined" |'''2'''
+| colspan="undefined" |'''Hour''' (Military Time, 0-23)
+|-
+| colspan="undefined" |'''-240'''
+| colspan="undefined" |'''Offset''' (in Minutes from UTC 0, in the UK)
+|}
+...and of course <code>Timezone 99</code> essentially means: "Use the values in TimeDST and TimeSTD"