Symptoms
The government of Egypt has announced that it will observe DST in 2014, and has released its DST transitions for Ramadan.
According to this announcement, Egypt began its DST observation on May 15, 2014 at 23:59:59. The DST period will be interrupted during the Muslim month of Ramadan (June 26, 2014 at midnight through July 31, 2014 at midnight, in the Gregorian calendar).
During this time, clocks will be turned back to standard time. This interruption in the DST schedule is designed to shorten the evening hours, making it easier for Muslims to observe the Ramadan fast during hours of daylight.
Resolution
Transition from DST (June 26, 2014)
A supported easy fix solution is now available from Microsoft to enable the first transition from DST for the Ramadan observation on June 26, 2014. You can download the easy fix solution by clicking the one of the following Download buttons, depending on your operating system.
Important Make sure that you have the latest Windows cumulative update for your time zone and DST installed before you run this easy fix solution.
Get the latest updateFor Windows XP Embedded, Windows Vista, Windows 7 x86, Windows 7 x64, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 x86, Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8.1 x86, Windows 8.1 x64, Windows Server 2012 R2 x64, Windows 8 x86, Windows 8 x64, and Windows Server 2012 x64, please apply the following easy fix solution.
For Windows RT, please apply the following easy fix solution.
To observe the change, you have to install the easy fix solution before June 26, 2014.
After you install this easy fix solution, DST will be turned off on June 26, 2014 to mark the beginning of Ramadan.
Transition to DST (July 31, 2014)
The second transition occurs when DST resumes at the end of the Ramadan observation on July 31, 2014.
To observe the change, install the second easy fix solution during the Ramadan observance (23:59:59 on June 26, 2014 through 23:59:59 on July 31, 2014).
For Windows XP Embedded, Windows Vista, Windows 7 x86, Windows 7 x64, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 x86, Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8.1 x86, Windows 8.1 x64, Windows Server 2012 R2 x64, Windows 8 x86, Windows 8 x64, and Windows Server 2012 x64, please apply the following easy fix solution.
For Windows RT, please apply the following easy fix solution.
After you install this easy fix solution, DST will be turned on again on July 31, 2014 to mark the end of Ramadan.
Note Time zone history does not account for the Ramadan period that is set by these easy fix solutions.
