[tz] Kazakhstan to shift from UTC+6 to UTC+5

[brian.inglis at systematicsw.ab.ca]

On 2024-02-02 12:17, Tim Parenti via tz wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 at 03:19, Andrey Kazakevich wrote:
>> Does it mean that we don’t need to do TZ changes on our local corporate
>> servers if they are using Asia/Almaty TZ at this time?

> I'm not sure I'm understanding the question.  At a minimum, your servers will 
> need to take whatever time zone definition updates are available to them, and 
> you'll want to ensure that those using tzdb have got at least version 2024a.
> 
> It may take a while longer until those updates are ready for any given system, 
> though.  A tz release like yesterday's is just an initial step in a distribution 
> process that involves various vendors of operating systems, programming 
> libraries, and telecommunications infrastructure, all repackaging our release 
> for use within their own respective ecosystems.  Depending on what your servers 
> are doing, you may need updates from any or all of these sources which are all 
> downstream of us.  This is why we typically recommend several months' notice in 
> advance of time zone changes whenever possible.
> 
> And as a reminder, Microsoft uses a completely separate process from us for 
> disseminating time zone updates to Windows devices.  So if your servers are 
> Windows servers, we can't really help other than to point again to "(UTC+05:00) 
> Ashgabat, Tashkent" as a potential workaround.

You can see if any MS products support any time zone update by checking:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/daylight-saving-time-time-zone/bg-p/DSTBlog

and apply any available updates to the affected products, otherwise you will 
have to use the suggested workaround above to switch to that or an equivalent 
time zone you may already use, on February 29 24:00/March 1 00:00.

Different products may require different time zone selections to make the 
desired change.
For example, each OS, MS Windows, Outlook, Exchange, Azure, WSL, Java, database 
software, may each require their own updates and time zone setting.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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