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Hey folks – in the midst of our Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 Launch Series, we have some information regarding Argentina and the DST change.  Argentina has determined that they will not be observing the DST change on October 18th.  The time change (moving the clocks forward one hour)...

As reported in the Bangladesh Government’s Gazette, Bangladesh has announced the introduction of Daylight Saving Time (DST).  The start of DST for 2009 is on June 19 th at 11:00 Microsoft has produced an automated workaround (called a fix-it ) to implement the DST Start time change for Windows XP...

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME Description: Daylight Saving Time implementation varies from country to country. Some countries may not observe daylight saving time, whereas other countries may change the start dates and end dates for daylight saving time every year. This can cause administrative confusion...

Today’s post is a friendly reminder about the August 2008 Cumulative DST Packages for Windows which have been released to the Microsoft Download Center for supported versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.  This update, which is published as Microsoft...

The new cumulative DST Packages for Windows have been released to the Microsoft Download Center for supported versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.  This update, which is published as Microsoft KB Article 951072 supersedes and replaces the December 2007...

On June 1, 2008 there will be two new Daylight Saving Time changes that go into effect.  Pakistan and Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving time.  The governments of the two nations recently announced the change as part of their energy savings plans.  Although the changes go into effect...

As we get closer to the DST change here in the US, we have received some reports from a few customers that the system time erroneously reverted back an hour last Sunday (October 28). On these systems the customers did have KB931386 and / or KB933360 installed. What we have found from reviewing the data...

At the start of 2007, Microsoft released an update ( KB 931836 ) to update the Time Zone rules on Windows Operating Systems. On November 4, 2007 Daylight Saving Time (DST) will end in the United States. However, other parts of the world observe different DST rules. Since the release of the hotfix in...

Here’s a scenario that we’ve seen recently that some customers neglect when it comes to the DST update: Terminal Server clients connecting to a Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server. A very common Terminal Services deployment involves Microsoft Office 2003 installed on Terminal Servers with users connecting...

With the upcoming Daylight Saving Time change and the associated patch that will configure Windows to make the change on the morning of March 11th, we have had quite a few calls regarding the DST patches and how to test Windows to ensure the patch is working. The method used to test DST has not changed...