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Announcement: Updated Microsoft's Support Policy for Daylight Saving Time & Time Zone Updates
This from the Microsoft Support Lifecycle team, a revision to the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy regarding the availability of Daylight Saving Time (DST) and Time Zone (TZ) updates during the Extended Support phase… DST or TZ updates are important Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:29 PM by mthree | 0 Comments

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Reminder: Microsoft Windows 2009 Daylight Saving Time and Time Zones Hotfix available for Egypt, Western Australia
In case you missed the announcement, there is a new Microsoft Windows 2009 Daylight Saving Time and Time Zones Hotfix available for Egypt and Western Australia . See my original post here . Once again, as has happened in the past, a couple of countries Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:49 AM by mthree | 0 Comments

Announcement: Microsoft Windows Daylight Saving Time and Time Zones Hotfix available for Egypt, Western Australia
Once again, as has happened in the past, a couple of countries will see new changes to their observation of Daylight Saving Time (DST) , this time in Egypt and Western Australia. (see here for 2008 changes in Egypt ) A new Microsoft Knowledge Base article Read More...

Posted Monday, August 17, 2009 2:39 PM by mthree | 2 Comments

Announcement: Microsoft Windows August 2009 Updates to Daylight Saving Time and Time Zones
Check out Microsoft KnowledgeBase Article 970653 , "August 2009 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems", which the Windows team just posted.  A nod to the good folks across our company working on our effort Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 21, 2009 3:56 PM by mthree | 0 Comments

Announcement: Optional Fix-it Available for Bangladesh Daylight Saving Time in 2009
Thanks to Lourdes, with a note of the Optional Fix-it that is now available for Daylight Saving Time changes in Bangladesh this year. As reported in the Bangladesh Government’s Gazette, Bangladesh has announced the introduction of Daylight Saving Time Read More...

Posted Friday, June 12, 2009 1:39 PM by mthree | 0 Comments

Announcement: A new DST hotfix is available for Morocco 2009 Daylight Saving Time for the Windows platform
As Lourdes posted here on the Daylight Saving Time and Time Zone blog, a new hotfix is available for Morocco 2009 Daylight Saving Time for the Windows platform. This is an update for the Daylight Saving Time for the "(GMT) Casablanca" time zone Read More...

Posted Friday, May 29, 2009 4:37 PM by mthree | 1 Comments

Announcement: Microsoft Windows update available for unconfirmed Pakistan daylight saving time change on April 15, 2009
Ever see the movie Groundhog Day ? Well, I feel like I'm re-living a past event. We have reports that Pakistan is changing their daylight saving time … but unfortunately all we have are news reports at this time (as noted here on the dailytimes.com.pk Read More...

Posted Monday, April 13, 2009 8:33 PM by mthree | 1 Comments

Daylight saving time changes in Palestine, with short notice and different from Israel
Reports today via the Palestine News Network (arabic.pnn.ps) reported that daylight saving time in Palestine will begin on March 26, 2009, and end around September 27. Ever see the movie Groundhog Day ?  Well, I feel like I'm re-living a past event. Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:45 AM by mthree | 1 Comments

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Information on Daylight Saving Time, Time Zone and related DST changes for Microsoft Windows and other products in 2009
An update on some of the recent daylight saving time changes around the world coming this year to Morocco, Pakistan, Syria and Tunisia in 2009… It's been a busy time, reflected in fewer than normal postings on this blog, but happily it's due in part (when Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:58 AM by mthree | 0 Comments

Announcements: Cumulative 2008 Daylight Saving Time and Time Zone Update for Windows Mobile Released
Check out http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729 , "A December 2008 cumulative daylight saving time (DST) update is available for Windows Mobile-based devices", which the Mobile team just posted.  You may need the update in order to see Read More...

Posted Sunday, January 25, 2009 9:47 PM by mthree | 2 Comments

Your questions: do we have to worry about the coming Leap Second when it comes to Microsoft Windows and other products?
As I Tweeted today (no, really, I can stop any time) I saw a question today on the subject of the coming leap second , as noted in the MSN posted article, 2009 to arrive not a second too soon , from Space.com's Joe Rao: "Wait a second. "The Read More...

Posted Monday, December 29, 2008 2:02 PM by mthree | 3 Comments

Just sleep in: Swedish researchers find Daylight saving time, erratic sleep schedules could affect your health
Happy November. As I tweeted this week , daylight saving time ends this weekend in much of North America. And leave it to Dr. Nancy Snyderman to tell us that the time changes brought on by daylight saving time may not be good for your health . For devs Read More...

Posted Saturday, November 01, 2008 10:06 AM by mthree | 1 Comments

Attention, most of North America: make sure you Fall Back this weekend as daylight saving time comes to an end
As I tweeted tonight on Twitter and noted earlier this week, daylight saving time ends this weekend in much of North America.   As we've noted online, in the United States the Energy Policy Act of 2005 introduced changes to the start and end dates Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:04 PM by mthree | 3 Comments

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Daylight saving time ends this weekend in much of North America, provides an extra hour of sleep
Hopefully you survived the end of European Summer Time and Moscow Daylight Time on Sunday (as I posted this weekend ). Keep in mind that daylight saving time ends this weekend in much of the United States and Canada. The difference in the changes between Read More...

Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 11:31 AM by mthree | 1 Comments

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Russia departs daylight saving time, returns to standard time this weekend, with an extra hour of sleep
In addition to the end of Central European Summer Time this weekend... the Russian News and Information Agency, Novosti, announced this weekend (October 25) that daylight saving time ends in Russia this Sunday "when the country will put clocks back one Read More...

Posted Sunday, October 26, 2008 5:59 PM by mthree | 1 Comments

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