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Friday, April 17, 2009 9:25 PM

Notice: Now also available for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003: Optional Hotfix Available for Pakistan 2009 Daylight Saving Time

As reported in various publications, including Daily Times , Pakistan has announced the start of DST for 2009 on April 15 th at midnight. This information is subject to change as it has not been officially confirmed by a Pakistani government source. Last
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:11 AM

Notice: Optional Hotfix Available for Pakistan 2009 Daylight Saving Time

As reported in various publications, including Daily Times , Pakistan has announced the start of DST for 2009 on April 15 th at midnight. This information is subject to change as it has not been officially confirmed by a Pakistani government source. Microsoft
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Friday, October 31, 2008 4:52 PM

Pakistan: Daylight saving time ends on November 1 at midnight

Daylight saving time ends this weekend in Pakistan. Late in August 2008, it was announced that Pakistan's daylight saving time (DST) would be extended to midnight between October 31 and November 1, 2008. In May of 2008, Pakistan introduced the observance
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Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:30 AM

Announcement: daylight saving time ends in Morocco earlier, on September 1, 2008

(cross posted from Announcement- Changes to daylight saving time in Morocco, earlier than later on September 1, 2008 ) We recently received news reports (via this link , in French) that the ministry for the Modernization of the public sector in Morocco
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Sunday, August 17, 2008 6:35 PM

updateD: Hot Topics for Daylight Saving Time changes page

The 'Hot Topics for Daylight Saving Time changes' page at http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_hottopics has been updated: Daylight Saving Time and Time Zone update for Windows now available (revised August 12, 2008) The most recent cumulative updates
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Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:44 PM

Daylight Saving Time and Time Zone update for Windows now available (August 2008)

The most recent cumulative updates to daylight saving time (DST) and world time zones (TZ) for Windows are now available for supported versions of the Windows operating system. The cumulative updates have been released to the Microsoft Download Center.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008 11:27 PM

Advisory: Potential changes to Daylight Saving Time in Iraq

Microsoft has learned of a potential change to the observance of Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Iraq that may impact customers using the Baghdad time zone. An early, unsubstantiated report is that the Ministry of Iraq has decided that the country will
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Saturday, March 08, 2008 7:26 PM

Chile announces an extension on their Daylight Saving Time for 2008

The government of Chile announced on February 7, 2008, that their current daylight saving time will be extended in order to save energy. The new fall back date for the daylight saving period of 2007-2008 is: Daylight saving time ends: Last Saturday of
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Saturday, March 08, 2008 7:20 PM

Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday, March 9, in the US and Canada

[cross posted to http://blogs.msdn.com/mthree/archive/2008/03/07/dst-arrives-030708.aspx ] Daylight Saving Time begins in much of the US and Canada this weekend, as noted in more than 2,200 news articles today on March 9 , several weeks earlier than in
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 9:40 PM

Argentina is changing their daylight saving time on December 30

(cross posted from this blog entry ) This past week, the government of Argentina approved a new change to their observance of daylight saving time in the country effective this Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 12:00am to March 16th, 12:00 for Argentina. According
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Monday, October 29, 2007 11:32 PM

Windows Mobile: Preventing Devices from "Falling Back" Early

A recent update was posted to the Microsoft Daylight Saving Time & Time Zone hot topics page which details impacts to some users of certain Windows Mobile devices, who may have experienced an early changeover. A copy of that posting is found below:
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007 4:28 AM

Windows Hotfix Update now available for new Daylight Saving Time changes in Brazil

To be posted to the Microsoft Daylight Saving Time & Time Zone Hot Topics page at http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_hottopics ... Brazil 2007-2008 Daylight Saving changes: The government of Brazil announced a change on September 20, 2007, in the
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Monday, September 24, 2007 9:07 PM

Technical "Deep-Dive" LiveMeeting today on DST and Time Zones

Today we will host a Technical "Deep-Dive" Webcast... Monday, September 24, 2007 at 2:00pm Pacific This LiveMeeting Webcast will be hosted by members of our Microsoft DST Team to provide a technical overview of resources available to help prepare Microsoft
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Monday, September 24, 2007 5:22 AM

Venezuela Time Zone Update Hotfix for the Windows OS is Available

The government of Venezuela has announced a change to the time zone for the country. To date, Venezuela observed AST. The new time zone change will begin September 24, 2007, when clocks will move backwards 30 minutes, from UTC-4:00 GMT to UTC-4:30. This
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Friday, September 14, 2007 8:08 PM

DST VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE!

Steve Justice (Senior Escalation Engineer) and Joel Schaeffer (Escalation Engineer) from Microsoft Product Support have put together some instructional videos to assist your DST planning efforts. On-Demand (hosted by Channel9.MSDN.com) These videos can
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