Microsoft was notified that the end date for the observation of daylight saving time (DST) in the West Bank and Gaza regions for 2016 was moved from October 20 to October 29. We expect the end date to remain the fourth Saturday of October until further notice. This change affects the following time zone.
Time zone key name | Display name |
West Bank Standard Time | (UTC+02:00) Gaza, Hebron |
Additionally, this update contains specific DST date updates for 2017.
DST end/start date changes
Time zone key name | Display name | DST start | DST end |
Paraguay Standard Time | (UTC-04:00) Asuncion | September 30, 2017, 23:59 | March 25, 2017 23:59 |
Central Brazilian Standard Time | (UTC-04:00) Cuiaba | October 14, 2017, 23:59 | February 18, 2017, 23:59 |
E. South America Standard Time | (UTC-03:00) Brasilia | October 14, 2017, 23:59 | February 18, 2017, 23:59 |
Morocco Standard Time | (UTC+00:00) Casablanca | March 26, 2017, 02:00 | October 29, 2017, 03:00 |
Syria Standard Time | (UTC+02:00) Damascus | March 31, 2017, 00:00 | October 26, 2017, 23:59 |
Israel Standard Time | (UTC+02:00) Jerusalem | March 24, 2017, 02:00 | October 29, 2017, 02:00 |
Iran Standard Time | (UTC+03:30) Tehran | March 22, 2017, 00:00 | September 21, 2017, 23:59 |
W. Mongolia Standard Time | (UTC+07:00) Hovd | March 25, 2017, 02:00 | September 29, 2017, 23:59 |
DST transition removed
Time zone key name | Display name | DST Data |
Venezuela Standard Time | (UTC-04:00) Caracas | No DST for 2017 |
Turkey Standard Time | (UTC+03:00) Istanbul | No DST for 2017 |
Astrakhan Standard Time | (UTC+04:00) Astrakhan, Ulyanovsk | No DST for 2017 |
Altai Standard Time | (UTC+07:00) Barnaul, Gorno-Altaysk | No DST for 2017 |
N. Central Asia Standard Time | (UTC+07:00) Novosibirsk | No DST for 2017 |
Tomsk Standard Time | (UTC+07:00) Tomsk | No DST for 2017 |
Transbaikal Standard Time | (UTC+09:00) Chita | No DST for 2017 |
Magadan Standard Time | (UTC+11:00) Magadan | No DST for 2017 |
Sakhalin Standard Time | (UTC+11:00) Sakhalin | No DST for 2017 |