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Turkey ends DST observance


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Summary

Turkey has announced that it will no longer observe daylight saving time going forward. This change took effect on September 7, 2016. The country had been scheduled to end its DST observance on October 30, 2016. Instead, Turkey will remain permanently set to the UTC+3 time zone and will not return to UTC+2.

Time zone key nameOld display nameNew display name
Turkey Standard Time(UTC+02:00) Istanbul(UTC+03:00) Istanbul


This update applies to the following operating systems:

  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack1 (SP1)
  • Windows 7 SP1
  • Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
  • Windows Vista SP2
Note To get the update for Windows 10, install the latest cumulative updates that are listed in the Windows 10 update history page.

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Resolution

The update provides the changes for the Istanbul time zone for 2016.

For information about how DST changes may affect other Microsoft products, go to the following Microsoft website:For more information about how DST changes may affect other Microsoft products, click the following article number to go to the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: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 either you have already applied the correct update or Windows Updates or Microsoft Update has automatically installed this update. No additional action is required to update the Windows operating system.

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How to get this update

Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1

Method 1: Windows Update

This update is provided as part of an Optional update rollup on Windows Update. To learn more about the update rollups that have been released for these operating systems, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:For more information about how to run Windows Update, see How to get an update through Windows Update.

Method 2: Windows Server Update Service

This update is now available for installation through WSUS.

Method 3: Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Note You must be running Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or a later version.

Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Vista

Method 1: Windows Update

This update is provided as an Optional update on Windows Update. For more information about how to run Windows Update, see How to get an update through Windows Update.



Microsoft Download Center

The following files are available for download and installation from the Microsoft Download Center.

Operating systemUpdate
All supported x86-based versions of Windows Vista (KB3192321)Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Vista (KB3192321)Download Download the package now.
All supported x86-based versions of Windows Server 2008 (KB3192321)Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 (KB3192321)Download Download the package now.
All supported IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 (KB3192321)Download Download the package now.


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Prerequisites

To apply this update, you must have the April 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (2919355) installed on Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2. Or, install Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Or, install Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and for Windows Server 2008.



There are no prerequisites to install this update on Windows Server 2012.



Registry information

To apply this update, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you install this update.

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References

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Article Info
Article ID : 3192321
Revision : 2
Created on : 4/9/2020
Published on : 4/9/2020
Exists online : False
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