On October 14, 2024, the Paraguay government made an official announcement that Paraguay will permanently stay in Daylight Saving Time (DST) or UTC-3.
The impact of this change is as follows:
- Clocks will not advance by 60 minutes at 12:00 AM on March 23, 2025, for the Paraguay time zone.
- Paraguay will permanently stay at UTC-3 and will be referred to as Paraguay Time (PYT) all year.
Microsoft is releasing the below Windows updates in support of this decision. This change is available in the February 2025 non-security preview update, released on February 25, 2025, for the newer versions of Windows 10 and 11. All other supported Windows versions will receive the update as part of the next monthly quality update scheduled for release on March 11, 2025.
All Windows updates containing this fix have the following release note text:
“This update supports (DST) changes in Paraguay."
The KB article numbers that support this change are listed below:
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Product |
KB Article ID |
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Windows 11, version 24H2 | |
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Windows 11, version 23H2 | |
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Windows 11, version 22H2 | |
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Windows 10, version 22H2 | |
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Windows Server 23H2 | |
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Windows Server 2022 | |
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Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019; Windows Server 2019 | |
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Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2016; Windows Server 2016 | |
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Windows 10 TH1 | |
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Windows 8.1 | |
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Windows Server 2012 | |
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Windows 7 SP1 | |
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Windows Server 2008 SP2 |
Visit Interim guidance for Paraguay time zone changes 2025 for an earlier announcement of this change.
For Microsoft's official policy on DST and time zone changes, please see Daylight saving time help and support. For information on how to update Windows to use the latest global time zone rules, see How to configure daylight saving time for Microsoft Windows operating systems.
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