Index: wp-admin/options-general.php
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--- wp-admin/options-general.php	(revision 10844)
+++ wp-admin/options-general.php	(working copy)
@@ -151,8 +151,12 @@
 
     <span id="utc-time"><?php printf(__('<abbr title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</abbr> time is <code>%s</code>'), date_i18n($timezone_format, false, 'gmt')); ?></span>
 <?php if (get_option('timezone_string')) : ?>
-	<span id="local-time"><?php printf(__('UTC %1$s is <code>%2$s</code>'), $current_offset_name, date_i18n($timezone_format)); ?></span>
-	<br />
+	<span id="local-time"><?php printf(__('Local time is <code>%1$s</code>'), date_i18n($timezone_format)); ?></span>
+<?php endif; ?>
+<br/>
+<span class="setting-description"><?php _e('Choose a city in the same timezone as you.'); ?></span>
+<br />
+<?php if (get_option('timezone_string')) : ?>
 	<?php
 	$now = localtime(time(),true);
 	if ($now['tm_isdst']) _e('This timezone is currently in daylight savings time.');
@@ -172,12 +176,12 @@
 		if ( isset($found) && $found === true ) {
 			echo ' ';
 			$message = $tr['isdst'] ?
-				__('This timezone switches to daylight savings time on: %s.') :
-				__('This timezone switches to standard time on: %s.');
+				__('Daylight savings time begins on: <code>%s</code>. You will have to move your clock 1 hour forward.') :
+				__('Standard time begins  on: <code>%s</code>. You will have to move your clock 1 hour backwards.');
 			$tz = new DateTimeZone($tzstring);
 			$d = new DateTime( "@{$tr['ts']}" );
 			$d->setTimezone($tz);
-			printf( $message, /* translators: next daylight savings change time format, see http://php.net/date */ date_i18n(_x('Y-m-d G:i:s T', 'next daylight savings change time format'), $d->format('U') ) );
+			printf( $message, date_i18n(get_option('date_format').' '.get_option('time_format'), $d->format('U') ) );
 		} else {
 			_e('This timezone does not observe daylight savings time.');
 		}
@@ -185,8 +189,6 @@
 	?>
 	</span>
 <?php endif; ?>
-<br/>
-<span class="setting-description"><?php _e('Choose a city in the same timezone as you.'); ?></span>
 </td>
 
 <?php endif; ?>