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Morocco DST Update

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Symptoms

The government of Morocco has announced that the country will switch to daylight saving time (DST) every year from 2012 onwards. According to the new law, clocks in Morocco will be turned forward one hour on the last Sunday in April and turned back again on the last Sunday in September.

The legal time in Morocco will be advanced by 60 minutes on the last Sunday of April each year, at 2:00 A.M. Then, Morocco will return to standard time on the last Sunday of September each year at 3:00 A.M., with the exception of the holy month of Ramadan.

This year's switch from standard time to DST will occur in the early hours of April 29, 2012. Clocks will be turned from 2:00 A.M. (02:00) to 3:00 A.M. (03:00) local time. The end of the 2012 DST period occurs on September 30, when clocks will be turned back one hour from 3:00 A.M. (03:00) to 2:00 A.M. (02:00) local time.

No DST during Ramadan

According to the new law, the DST period will be interrupted during the Muslim month of Ramadan (July 20 to August 19, 2012 in the Gregorian calendar). For that period, clocks will be turned back to standard time. This interruption in the DST schedule is designed to shorten evenings, making it easier for Muslims to observe the Ramadan fast during hours of daylight.

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Resolution

Fix it for me

A supported Fix-It solution is now available from Microsoft to enable the first transition to DST on April 29. You can download the Fix-It solution by clicking the following link:


To observe the change, you have to install the Fix-It solution before April 29, 2012. When you install the Fix-It solution, DST will be turned off on July 20, 2012 to mark the beginning of Ramadan.

Note Please make sure that you have the latest Windows Cumulative Update for time zone and DST installed before you running this Fix-It solution. To find the latest update, click here.

The second transition is when DST resumes at the end of the holy month of Ramadan on August 19, 2012. To observe the change, install the second Fix-It solution as soon as possible after 3:00 A.M on July 20, 2012. You can download the Fix-It solution by clicking the following link:

DST will then resume (and end on September 30, 2012) after this solution is applied. Install the following update after August 20, 2012 to correct the historical rules.

Note Time zone history will not account for Ramadan.

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download Download the Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB2698707) package now.

Download Download the Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2698707) package now.

Download Download the Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2698707) package now.

Download Download the Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2698707) package now.

Download Download the Update for Windows XP (KB2698707) package now.

Download Download the Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2698707) package now.

Download Download the Update for Windows 7 (KB2698707) package now.

Download Download the Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2698707) package now.

Download Download the Update for Windows Vista (KB2698707) package now.

Download Download the Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2698707) package now.

Download Download the Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2698707) package now.

Download Download the Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2698707) package now.

Download Download the Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2698707) package now.

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Article Info
Article ID : 2698707
Revision : 2
Created on : 4/10/2020
Published on : 4/10/2020
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