First published on TECHNET on Mar 15, 2008
Microsoft has learned of a potential change to the observance of Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Iraq that may impact customers using the Baghdad time zone.
An early, unsubstantiated report is that the Ministry of Iraq has decided that the country will no longer observe DST as they have in prior years, currently scheduled to take effect on April 1, 2008.
Thus far, Microsoft has not been able to officially verify this change: if the change to the implementation of DST in the country is made, this may impact customers and partners in the region who use the Baghdad time zone, including military facilities and other entities engaged in business in or with the region.
Microsoft is actively working with government representatives and customers in the region to confirm the change in Iraq, while also endeavoring to understand and document the scenarios and implications.
Specific guidance will be provided as it becomes available on the
Microsoft DST & TZ Hot Topics page
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http://www.microsoft.com/time
. For details on setting up RSS feeds for these pages, see this post on
setting up RSS feeds
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(Cross posted at
http://blogs.msdn.com/mthree/archive/2008/03/15/iraq-dst-031508.aspx
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