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First published on TECHNET on Aug 15, 2011The August 2011 DST Cumulative Update for Windows operating systems contains the following changes :
NewFoundland :
- Newfoundland’s DST start and end times have been updated to 2AM from 12:01 AM. The rest of the Newfoundland time zone schedule is unchanged.
Russian Time Zones :
- A new time zone has been created for Kaliningrad with displayname “ (UTC+3:00) Kaliningrad ”. This time zone does not support Daylight saving time.
- Support for Daylight Saving time has been discontinued and UTC offsets have been updated for time zones listed in the table below:
|
Time Zone |
Old |
New |
|
Russian Standard Time |
(UTC +3:00) Moscow, St Petersburg, Volgograd |
(UTC +4:00) Moscow, St Petersburg, Volgograd |
|
Ekaterinburg Standard Time |
(UTC +5:00) Ekaterinburg |
(UTC +6:00) Ekaterinburg |
|
N. Central Asia Standard Time |
(UTC +6:00) Novosibirsk |
(UTC +7:00) Novosibirsk |
|
North Asia Standard Time |
(UTC +7:00) Krasnoyarsk |
(UTC +8:00) Krasnoyarsk |
|
North Asia East Standard Time |
(UTC +8:00) Irkutsk |
(UTC +9:00) Irkutsk |
|
Yakutsk Standard Time |
(UTC +9:00) Yakutsk |
(UTC +10:00) Yakutsk |
|
Vladivostok Standard Time |
(UTC +10:00) Vladivostok |
(UTC +11:00) Vladivostok |
|
Magadan Standard Time |
(UTC +11:00) Magadan |
(UTC +12:00) Magadan |
In addition to these changes, the August DST update rolls up these previously released hotfixes:
- KB 2543367 : 2011 DST changes for Egypt, Chile and Morocco
- KB 2523087 : 2011 DST changes for Turkey
- KB 2515337 : 2011 DST changes for Fiji and Samoa
For more information on these adjustments, refer to this Microsoft KnowledgeBase article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2570791