The update that this article describes changes the time zone data to accommodate daylight saving time (DST) changes in Israel and Libya.
For more information about how DST changes may affect other Microsoft products, go to the following Microsoft website:
For more information about how daylight saving time changes may affect other Microsoft products, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
914387 How to configure daylight saving time for Microsoft Windows operating systems
Note When you apply this update, you may receive a message that resembles the following:
“Update cannot be installed as a newer or same time zone update has already been installed on the system.”
This message indicates that you have already applied the correct update, or that Windows Updates or Microsoft Update has automatically installed this update. No additional action is required to update the Windows operating system.
Update information
How to obtain this update
Microsoft Update Catalog
To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the
Microsoft Update Catalog website.
For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services Updates from the previous cumulative Windows time zone update
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The following changes were made since the previous Windows cumulative time zone update:
- Libya Standard Time:
The Libyan Transitional Government has announced that Libya will start observing Daylight Saving Time (DST) from 2013. In 2013, DST will start on the last Friday of March and end on Last Friday of October. On November 10, 2012, clocks were turned back by 1 hour to UTC+1 (Central European Time). A new dedicated time zone has been added for Libya in this update, which is (UTC+1:00 Tripoli).
- Israel Standard Time:
On Monday, November 5, 2012, the Israeli Knesset approved a bill to extend Daylight Saving Time (DST) to a period of 193 days. DST in Israel will now begin on the Friday before the last Sunday in March, and it will end on the first Sunday after October 1. If the end of DST falls on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, DST will end on the first Monday after October 1. The new DST policy for Israel has been applied from 2013 to 2023.
Prerequisites
Windows XP
To apply this update, you must be running Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). For more information about how to obtain a Windows XP service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack
Windows Server 2003
To apply this update, you must be running Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). For more information about how to obtain a Windows Server 2003 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
To apply this update, you must be running Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Windows Server 2008 SP2.
For more information about how to obtain a Windows Vista service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
935791 How to obtain the latest Windows Vista service pack
For more information about how to obtain a Windows Server 2008 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
968849 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2008
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
No prerequisites are required to apply this update. The same package installs both on the RTM version as well as the Service Pack 1 versions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. For more information about how to obtain a Windows 7 or a Windows Server 2008 R2 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
976932 Information about Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
No prerequisites are required to apply this update.
Windows Embedded Standard 7
No prerequisites are required to apply this update. The same package installs both on the RTM version as well as the Service Pack 1 versions of Windows Embedded Standard. For more information about how to update a Device to Windows Embedded Standard 7 SP1, go to the following Microsoft website:
General information about how to update a Device to Windows Embedded Standard 7 SP1
Restart requirement
You may have to restart the computer after you apply this update.
Registry information
Libya
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\Libya Standard Time]
"TZI"=hex:c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Std"="Libya Standard Time"
"Dlt"="Libya Daylight Time"
"Display"="(UTC+01:00) Tripoli"
Israel
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\Israel Standard Time]
"Display"="(UTC+02:00) Jerusalem"
"Dlt"="Jerusalem Daylight Time"
"Std"="Jerusalem Standard Time"
"TZI"=hex:88,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,0a,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,05,00,05,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\Israel Standard Time\Dynamic DST]
"FirstEntry"=dword:000007d4
"LastEntry"=dword:000007e7
"2013"=hex:88,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,0a,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,05,00,05,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"2014"=hex:88,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,0a,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,05,00,05,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"2015"=hex:88,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,0a,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,05,00,05,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"2016"=hex:88,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,0a,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,05,00,05,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"2017"=hex:88,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,0a,00,00,00,02,00,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,05,00,04,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"2018"=hex:88,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,0a,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,05,00,04,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"2019"=hex:88,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,0a,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,05,00,05,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"2020"=hex:88,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,0a,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,05,00,05,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"2021"=hex:88,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,0a,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,05,00,05,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"2022"=hex:88,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,0a,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,05,00,05,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"2023"=hex:88,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,0a,00,00,00,02,00,02,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,05,00,04,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00