Interim DST guidance for Kazakhstan, Samoa, and Palestinian Authority

Originally posted by Microsoft Feb 13, 2024 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Three Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes will be released as part of the March 2024 non-security preview update and the April 2024 security update. Samoa has abolished DST. Kazakhstan has switched to a single time zone. The Palestinian Authority has announced a delay in DST dates for 2024 and 2025. Microsoft recommends temporary workarounds for users affected by these changes. Read individual articles on the Daylight Saving Time & Time Zone Blog. 
 

When will this happen: 
Fixes to reflect these DST changes will be available starting with the March 2024 non-security preview update and the April 2024 security update. Changes have the following schedule:
  • Kazakhstan: On March 1, 2024, the cities of Astana, Almaty, and Shymkent, as well as the following regions will turn back the local time by one hour: Abai, Akmola, Almaty, Zhambyl, Zhetisu, Karagandy, Kostanai, Pavlodar, North Kazakhstan, Turkistan, Ulytau, and East Kazakhstan.
  • Palestinian Authority: Clocks will be set forward 1 hour on Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM local time. Then on October 26, 2024, on 2:00 AM, clocks will be set back 1 hour on Saturday to 1:00 AM local time.
  • Samoa: Daylight Saving Time is not observed anymore in Samoa and has moved to the West Samoa Time (WST), 13 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+13).
 
How this will affect your organization: 
If your organization has users affected by these changes, their system will show incorrect time until the available fixes are installed. To remediate the issue, you can temporarily disable automatic DST adjustments in Windows and/or set a different time zone to reflect the correct local time. Please install the March 2024 non-security preview update or the April 2024 security update promptly and re-enable automatic DST adjustments in Windows.  
 
What you need to do to prepare: 
Read and follow the guidelines provided for each relevant region, listed in Additional information. 
 
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