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Microsoft has learned of a possible change in the observance of daylight saving time in Iraq that could affect customers who use the (GMT +03:00) Baghdad time zone. (This is also known as the Arabic time zone.) We have unofficial reports that the Ministry of Iraq has decided that the country will no longer observe daylight saving time. Daylight saving time has historically taken effect in Iraq on April 1 and has continued through October 1. Currently, it seems that this change is likely. However, this information could be reversed at any time.

On April 1, 2008, Windows-based computers that are configured to use the (GMT +03:00) Baghdad time zone will automatically transition to daylight saving time despite the expected change in Iraq’s daylight saving time policy. However, the hotfix that is described in the More information section updates the (GMT +03:00) Baghdad time zone in compliance with this expected policy change, beginning April 1, 2008.

For more information about time zone changes in Windows, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for installing this hotfix package.

Restart information

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information

To use one of the hotfixes in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

File information

This hotfix package may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix package contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.The Arabic version of this hotfix uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.After the hotfix is installed, the Arabic version of this hotfix has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table:

Windows Vista 32-bit

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform	Service branch
Tzres.dll.mui	6.0.6000.16655	20,992	20-Mar-2008	07:48	Not Applicable	GDR
Tzres.dll	6.0.6000.16655	2,048	20-Mar-2008	01:10	x86	GDR
Tzupd.exe	6.0.6000.16655	18,944	20-Mar-2008	05:28	x86	GDR
Tzres.dll.mui	6.0.6000.20796	20,992	20-Mar-2008	07:32	Not Applicable	LDR
Tzres.dll	6.0.6000.20796	2,048	20-Mar-2008	01:05	x86	LDR
Tzupd.exe	6.0.6000.20796	18,944	20-Mar-2008	02:45	x86	LDR

Windows Vista 64-bit

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform	Service branch
Tzres.dll.mui	6.0.6000.16655	20,480	20-Mar-2008	09:45	Not Applicable	GDR
Tzres.dll	6.0.6000.16655	2,048	20-Mar-2008	01:11	x64	GDR
Tzupd.exe	6.0.6000.16655	20,992	20-Mar-2008	05:47	x64	GDR
Tzres.dll.mui	6.0.6000.20796	20,480	20-Mar-2008	09:31	Not Applicable	LDR
Tzres.dll	6.0.6000.20796	2,048	20-Mar-2008	01:06	x64	LDR
Tzupd.exe	6.0.6000.20796	20,992	20-Mar-2008	03:02	x64	LDR

Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 32-bit

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform	Service branch
Tzres.dll	6.0.6001.18038	2,048	20-Mar-2008	02:48	x86	GDR
Tzupd.exe	6.0.6001.18000	18,944	19-Jan-2008	07:33	x86	GDR
Tzres.dll	6.0.6001.22140	2,048	20-Mar-2008	02:47	x86	LDR
Tzupd.exe	6.0.6001.22140	18,944	20-Mar-2008	02:47	x86	LDR

Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 64-bit

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform	Service branch
Tzres.dll	6.0.6001.18038	2,048	20-Mar-2008	03:26	x64	GDR
Tzupd.exe	6.0.6001.18000	20,992	19-Jan-2008	08:00	x64	GDR
Tzres.dll	6.0.6001.22140	2,048	20-Mar-2008	03:17	x64	LDR
Tzupd.exe	6.0.6001.22140	20,992	20-Mar-2008	03:17	x64	LDR

Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems 32-bit

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform	Service branch
Tzres.dll	6.0.6001.18038	2,048	20-Mar-2008	02:48	x86	GDR
Tzupd.exe	6.0.6001.18000	18,944	19-Jan-2008	07:33	x86	GDR
Tzres.dll	6.0.6001.22140	2,048	20-Mar-2008	02:47	x86	LDR
Tzupd.exe	6.0.6001.22140	18,944	20-Mar-2008	02:47	x86	LDR

Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems 64-bit

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform	Service branch
Tzres.dll	6.0.6001.18038	2,048	20-Mar-2008	03:09	IA-64	GDR
Tzupd.exe	6.0.6001.18000	37,376	19-Jan-2008	08:23	IA-64	GDR
Tzres.dll	6.0.6001.22140	2,048	20-Mar-2008	02:57	IA-64	LDR
Tzupd.exe	6.0.6001.22140	37,376	20-Mar-2008	02:57	IA-64	LDR

Additional notes

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For more information about how to manually change the settings for the date, for the time, and for the time zone in Windows Vista, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/549bd2ed-8d98-4b4f-b600-b2fbfdef661f1033.mspx (http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/549bd2ed-8d98-4b4f-b600-b2fbfdef661f1033.mspx)

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