Summary

Russia recently announced that the Novosibirsk region will be moving from UTC +06:00 to UTC +07:00 on July 24 at 02:00. Also, the Omsk time zone has been created for the UTC +06:00 offset.

Time zone key name

New display name

N. Central Asia Standard Time

(UTC+07:00) Novosibirsk

Omsk Standard Time

(UTC+06:00) Omsk

Note Neither time zone observes daylight saving time.This update applies to the following operating systems:

  • Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Windows Server 2012

  • Windows 8.1

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (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.

Resolution

The update provides the changes for the Novosibirsk and Omsk time zones for 2016.For information about how DST changes may affect other Microsoft products, go to the following Microsoft website:

General information about DSTFor 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:

914387 How to configure daylight saving time for Microsoft Windows operating systemsNote 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.

How to obtain this updateThe following files are available for download and installation from the Microsoft Download Center.

Operating system

Update

All supported x86-based versions of Windows 8.1

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All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2012 R2

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All supported IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2008

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Download informationFor more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to go to the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

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

File informationFor a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for update 3182203.

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