https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/dst2007/feed.xml This is the blog maintained by staff at Microsoft to provide general information, announcements and provide answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to daylight saving time (DST) and time zone (TZ) changes around the world.* Important Notice Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:28:54 GMT en-US hourly 1 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/dst2007/dst-blog-moved-to-new-blog-site Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:28:54 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dst2007/?p=6845 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Daylight-Saving-Time-Time-Zone/bg-p/DSTBlog. Please follow blogs from @Win_DST to keep yourself updated for every Daylight Saving Time (DST) update on Windows. Moving forward, Microsoft will not publish any DST blogs at this location.  Thank you for your continued support, we look forward to hearing from you on our new blog location.]]> https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/dst2007/timezone-update-for-qyzylorda Fri, 21 Dec 2018 23:43:50 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dst2007/?p=6825 microsoft.com/time. Though we plan to release a data update, there is insufficient lead time before this change goes into effect.  Therefore, we offer the following guidance as a temporary workaround until such an update can be properly created, tested, distributed, and installed.   Interim guidance for Qyzylorda Until an update is made available, we recommend our customers temporarily switch to time zone “(UTC+05:00) Ashgabat, Tashkent” as soon as possible. Selecting this time zone will correctly reflect the current local time in Qyzylorda. Once an update is made available, we recommend customers to switch to the new time zone that will be introduced for Qyzylorda, which will appear as “(UTC+05:00) Qyzylorda”.  Selecting this time zone will correctly reflect the time in Qyzylorda, for events both before and after this change.]]> https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/dst2007/time-zone-update-for-kingdom-of-morocco-and-volgograd-oblast-russia-is-available Wed, 28 Nov 2018 04:10:11 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dst2007/?p=6795 The November 2018 update addresses Daylight Standard Time (DST) changes for the Kingdom of Morocco and Volgograd, Russia. The Kingdom of Morocco has decided to remain permanently on UTC+01:00, instead of returning to UTC+00:00 on October 28, 2018, as previously communicated. Likewise, Volgograd, Russia permanently switched from UTC+03:00 to UTC+04:00 on October 28, 2018. A new Windows time zone was created to reflect this change.  More details about these DST changes can be found here. To reflect these changes, Windows 10 customers should ensure they have the latest updates installed. Windows 10 Update history can be found here.]]> https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/dst2007/time-zone-update-for-metlakala-alaska-usa Fri, 09 Nov 2018 01:33:33 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dst2007/?p=6785 Microsoft is aware of the time zone change for the Metlakatla community in Alaska, USA. The citizens of Metlakatla have decided not to adopt daylight savings time zone. Metlakatla moved to UTC-08:00 permanently from November 4^th , 2018. We don’t plan to release a data update for this change.   Our official policy statement can be found at microsoft.com/time.  The customers from Metlakatla, Alaska will remain on Alaska Standard Time (UTC-9) if they don’t switch their time zone hence we recommend them to permanently switch to time zone “(UTC-08:00) Coordinated Universal Time-08” as soon as possible. Selecting this time zone will reflect the correct current local time.]]> https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/dst2007/time-zone-update-for-the-kingdom-of-morocco Fri, 26 Oct 2018 22:50:49 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dst2007/?p=6765 Microsoft is aware of the upcoming time zone change for the Kingdom of Morocco. Morocco will remain permanently on UTC+01:00, instead of the previous plan of returning to UTC+00:00 on October 28, 2018. Our official policy statement can be found at microsoft.com/time. Though we plan to release a data update, there is insufficient lead time before this change goes into effect. Therefore, we are offering the following interim guidance as a temporary workaround until such an update can be properly created, tested, distributed, and installed. Interim Guidance:  Until an update is made available, we recommend our customers temporarily switch to time zone “(UTC+01:00) West central Africa” as soon as possible. Selecting this time zone will reflect the correct current local time, but will not be correct for past events that occurred when Morocco was using UTC+00:00.  Therefore, we recommend returning to “(UTC+01:00) Casablanca” after the aforementioned update is applied.]]> https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/dst2007/time-zone-updates-for-republic-of-chile Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:50:10 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dst2007/?p=6745 Microsoft is aware of the following change in Daylight Saving Time (DST) for the Republic of Chile for which Windows Updates will be made available over the next few months: 

• The current 2018-2019 DST period for the Republic of Chile will end at 24:00 on Saturday, April 6^th, 2019.
• Starting in 2019, the DST period will start at 24:00 on the 2^nd Saturday in September and end at 24:00 on the 1^st Saturday in April.
• Note: The Magallanes region does not currently observe DST and thus will not be affected by this change. 

Microsoft Windows customers will see this change reflected in the “(UTC-04:00) Santiago” and “(UTC-06:00) Easter Island” time zones in a future Windows update.  Our official policy statement on DST and time zone changes can be found at microsoft.com/time.]]> https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/dst2007/dst-update-for-fiji-is-now-available Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:45:29 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dst2007/?p=6735 The October 2018 Update addresses the DST changes for Fiji where the DST end date has been pulled in from January 20^th, 2019 to January 13^th, 2019. More details about the DST changes for Fiji can be found here. Windows 10 customers should ensure they have the latest updates installed. Windows 10 Update history can be found here.]]> https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/dst2007/time-zone-updates-for-volgograd-oblast-russia Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:53:19 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dst2007/?p=6715 Microsoft is aware of the time zone change for Volgograd Oblast, Russia. Volgograd will permanently switch from UTC+03:00 to UTC+04:00 on October 28, 2018. A new Windows time zone will be created to reflect this change.  Our official policy statement can be found on the site at microsoft.com/time.  Though we plan to release a data update, there is insufficient lead time before this change goes into effect.  Therefore, we offer the following guidance as a temporary workaround until such an update can be properly created, tested, distributed, and installed.    Interim guidance for Volgograd  Until an update is made available, we recommend our customers temporarily switch to time zone “(UTC+04:00) Saratov” beginning October 28, 2018 at 02:00 local time. Selecting this time zone will correctly reflect the current local time in Volgograd.  Once an update is made available, we recommend customers to switch to the new time zone that will be introduced for Volgograd, which will appear as “(UTC+04:00) Volgograd”.  Selecting this time zone will correctly reflect the time in Volgograd, for events both before and after this change.]]> https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/dst2007/time-zone-updates-for-north-korea Fri, 04 May 2018 23:38:17 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dst2007/?p=6685 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/dst2007/windows-time-data-update-for-brazil-morocco-and-sao-tome-and-principe-are-now-available Tue, 24 Apr 2018 21:36:16 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dst2007/?p=6665 recently announced changes in Brazil, Morocco, and São Tomé and Príncipe. More details about the update can be found here. Windows 10 customers should ensure they have the latest updates installed. Details of this can be found here.]]>