There is a way to fix this time thing in 98, and also 2000.  Here is a 
message that was on blind-l a while back from marty.
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Subject: document for daylight saving and standard time zones on older 
computers
From: Marty Rimpau <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:41:42 -0800

Hi all, maybe you all have seen this, but, there is a program that you
can use to edit your time zones for the new daylight saving time and
standard time rules that will go in to effect in March, and here is the
information below.

Hello,
I have written a document which describes how to change the timezone
data in
Windows operating systems in order to deal with the new Daylight Saving
Time
rules that go into effect this year in the United States. If you live
in the
United States and have not taken any action to correct this problem,
you
need to read this, otherwise your computer's clock will be inaccurate
for
three weeks in the spring and one week in the fall each year. This
document
is written from a blind person's perspective, so I tell you how to do
things
from the keyboard, rather than using the mouse. You can find this
document,
and the required timezone editor program, here.
http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dst.html
Hope this helps.
Jayson
Windows and Daylight Saving Time
By Jayson Smith

This issue is important if you live in the United States and have a
Windows PC. Because of recent rule changes, Daylight Saving Time was
extended starting
in 2007, and unless you make some changes, your system's clock will
not be accurate. Unlike other problems that become a big deal when
Microsoft does this
or that, when this or that product is updated or discontinued, etc,
this issue has a very specific time at which it will bite you. At
2:00 AM local time
on Sunday March 11, 2007, your system's clock will be one hour slow.
This will continue for three weeks, until the old rules call for
Daylight Saving Time
to take effect, on Sunday April 1, 2007, at 2:00 AM. At that time,
everything will be back to normal, and you will have an accurate
clock once again. The
problem will resurface at 2:00 AM on Sunday October 28, 2007, when
the old rule has Daylight Saving Time end, and last for one week,
during which time
your system clock will be one hour fast. There will be similar
periods of inaccuracy in future years. This document describes a way
to fix this problem
by editing your Windows timezone data to reflect the new changes.
Windows Vista has these changes installed already from the factory,
so you don't need
to worry about this if you're running Vista. In addition, there is an
update for supported Windows operating systems to make these changes,
but this method
can be used if you don't want to bother with that. This method also
works on operating systems that are no longer being supported by
Microsoft, such as
Windows 95/98/98SE.

To do this, you first need to download the timezone editor program
here.
Unzip the file into your windows directory. Now you need to run the
tzedit.exe program from the Start, Run dialog. A window will pop up.
You will be in
a list of the available timezones, with your current timezone already
selected. If you live in the United States, you will almost
definitely want to edit
this timezone, so tab to the "Edit" button and click it. A new dialog
will come up. Tab over to the Daylight Saving Time section, and
change the combo
boxes for the days. Currently, the "Start Day" boxes will read "First
Sunday of April," and you want to change them to "Second Sunday of
March." Likewise,
for the "Last Day" combo boxes, change them from "Last Sunday in
October" to "First Sunday in November." These are standard combo
boxes, so arrowing through
them will make all of this self-explanatory. Don't change the time
edit boxes or anything else. Click "OK" to save your changes. Now
Shift+Tab over to
the list of timezones and arrow until you get to another timezone you
want to edit. For completeness, I always edit all of the US
timezones. These include
"(GMT-05:00) Eastern (US and Canada)," "(GMT-06:00) Central (US and
Canada)," "(GMT-07:00) Mountain (US and Canada)," "(GMT-08:00)
Pacific (US and Canada);
Tijuana," and "(GMT-09:00) Alaska." You don't need to edit "(GMT-
10:00) Hawaii," because Hawaii does not observe Daylight Saving Time.
If you live in
some parts of Mexico that use US Pacific Time, the Daylight Saving
Time dates have not changed. To deal with this, you will need to
create a new timezone,
set the GMT Offset to - 08:00 and use the old Daylight Saving Time
dates described above. When you're all done, click the "Close" button
to exit the program.

Once you've edited your timezones, you need to go into your system's
Control Panel, and select the Date/Time option. On Windows 98SE, the
Timezone selection
is on the Date/Time tab, while on XP, there is a separate Timezone
tab. In any event, find the timezone selector, and arrow up once then
down once to reselect
the current timezone, then hit Enter, and exit the Control Panel. At
this point your system should be ready to deal with the new Daylight
Saving Time rules.

If you have any questions about this process, please don't hesitate to
E-mail me.
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Marty