On October 5, 2022, the Syrian government made an official announcement about a Daylight Saving Time (DST) time zone change. Since then, the official time has not advanced by an hour and has permanently shifted to the UTC+3 time zone. Microsoft is releasing updates to support this change. The October 22, 2023 non-security preview release includes the update for Windows 11 and Windows 10, version 22H2. All other supported versions of Windows will receive this time adjustment in the November 14, 2023 monthly quality release. Read Interim guidance for Syria DST changes 2022 for more details. 

 

When will this happen: 

 

How this will affect your organization: 

Your organization will not be affected if your devices are running the following Windows versions and are promptly updated with the October 2023 non-security preview release or the November 2023 monthly quality update: 

 

 

What you need to do to prepare: 

If your organization runs any version of Windows not listed here, please consider upgrading your devices to a supported version of Windows. Read additional information for more details. 

 

In the meantime, we recommend that affected organizations with devices in Syria use the following workarounds: temporarily disable automatic DST adjustments in Windows and/or set a different time zone to reflect the correct local time. You can temporarily set the time zone on your devices to “(UTC+3) Amman” to ensure that devices reflect the correct local time. (Note: events that have occurred in the past, before the update, will not show correctly.) 

 

Additional information: