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Garmin Time Zone Map Update History

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Connect your Garmin GPSr via USB and open Garmin Express or WebUpdater to update the time zone map on your device.



Changes made from version 37.00 to 38.00:
  • Updated time zone information for Mexico and Kazakhstan.
  • Updated time zone border areas for the United States, Canada, Europe, and Eastern Europe.


Changes made from version 36.00 to 37.00:
  • Updating Database.


Changes made from version 35.00 to 36.00:
  • United States, Canada, and Europe - Some border areas were redrawn for better accuracy.
  • Kazakhstan - change from using two time zones to observing only one.


Changes made from version 34.00 to 35.00:
  • Some border areas were redrawn for better accuracy for United States, Europe, Canada and Eastern Europe.


Changes made from version 33.00 to 34.00:
  • Removing DST.
  • Additional fixes for Mexico.


Changes made from version 32.00 to 33.00:
  • Improved time zone maps for Mexico.
  • Updated time zone information for various countries and regions.


Changes made from version 31.00 to 32.00:
  • Updated Daylight Saving Time data for Mexico and Greenland.


Changes made from version 30.00 to 31.00:
  • Improved time zone borders.
  • Updated Daylight Saving Time for some areas and countries.
  • Updated the Europe/Kiev time zone to Europe/Kyiv.


Changes made from version 29.00 to 30.00:
  • Emergency update.


Changes made from version 28.00 to 29.00:
  • Improved time zone borders.
  • Updated Daylight Saving Time for some areas.


Changes made from version 27.00 to 28.00:
  • Updated time zone information for Jordan, Kiribati, The Bahamas, and Samoa.
  • Updated the ValidFrom date for various time zones.


Changes made from version 26.00 to 27.00:
  • Updated the time zone for the Volgograd region of Russia.
  • Updated Daylight Saving Time dates for Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the Palestinian Territories.


Changes made from version 25.00 to 26.00:
  • Fixes some unpacking issues in the device code for determining the DST end date in Morocco.


Changes made from version 24.00 to 25.00:
  • No specific changes where done this iteration. Updating data for maintenance.


Changes made from version 23.00 to 24.00:
  • There have not been any significant updates for this release. Please see release notes for January 2020 for those customer who do not have the data based product.
  • Improved time zone maps for Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Belgium, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
  • Updated daylight saving time (DST) transitions for Fiji.
  • Improved coastline drawings for Montenegro, Germany, and Singapore.
  • Removed DST information from Brazil.
  • Separated regions of Turkey by the Bosphorus.
  • Added DST information for Norfolk Island.


Changes made from version 22.00 to 23.00:
  • Improved time zone maps for Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Belgium, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
  • Updated daylight saving time (DST) transitions for Fiji.
  • Improved coastline drawings for Montenegro, Germany, and SIngapore.
  • Removed DST information from Brazil.
  • Separated regions of Turkey by the Bosphorus.
  • Added DST information for Norfolk Island.


Changes made from version 21.00 to 22.00:
  • Micronesia- In the October 19, 2018 release, there was a geographic change that was not documented. Several islands and Atolls were added. These additions affect Time Zone 'I' and 'K'.
  • Morocco- In a surprise announcement today, the Moroccan government has opted to remain in +1 UTC as their new standard time. Morocco was to end DST Oct 28, 2018.
  • United States- On Nov 2, 2018, The Metlakatla Indian Community in Alaska decided to remain in UTC-8. Meaning it will remain in Pacific Standard Time all year. The end of Day Light Savings would have occurred Nov 4, 2018.


Changes made from version 20.00 to 21.00:
  • Northern Cyprus has decided to resume EU rules starting 2017-10-29, thus reinstituting winter time.
  • National Telecommunication Cooperation stated a change of time (to be GMT +2 instead of GMT+3) is going to be permanently starting from 1st November 2017. This will not affect South Sudan.
  • Fiji will end DST on 2018-01-14, not 2018-01-21.
  • Turks and Caicos- DST will be reintroduced on March 11, 2018.
  • Tonga has likely ended its experiment with DST, and will not adjust its clocks on 2017-11-05.


Changes made from version 19.00 to 20.00:
  • The Mongolian Cabinet has abolished DST.
  • Chile: The Magallanes Region has opted to indefinitely stay of DST. This will also affect the Chilean Antarctic.
  • United States: A special fix for West Wendover, NV to include it in the Mountain time zone.


Changes made from version 18.00 to 19.00:
  • Russian Federation: Many areas of Russia have changed the name of their time zone to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
  • Cyprus: On October 30, 2016, when Europe and the rest of Cyprus will set their clocks back 1 hour to UTC+2, Northern Cyprus will remain on UTC+3.
  • Turkey: The new data changes Turkey's UTC offset to +3 effective 09-07-2016 moving forward, with no DST applied.


Changes made from version 17.00 to 18.00:
  • Russian Federation: Magdan Oblast will forward 1 hour April 24, 2016.
  • Venezuela: On May 1, Venezuelans will set their clocks forward 30 minutes.
  • Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan has cancelled Daylight Saving Time (DST) and will not move the clocks forward on March 27, 2016.


Changes made from version 16.02 to 17.00:
  • Norfolk Island, Australia: Norfolk Island changes time zone to align with mainland Australia. Clocks in Norfolk Island will be set back 30 minutes from 02:00 (2:00 am) to 01:30 (1:30 am) on October 4, 2015.
  • Turkey: Turkey will end Daylight Saving Time (DST) two weeks later than normal. Clocks will be turned back one hour from 4:00 (4 am) to 3:00 (3 am) local time on Sunday, November 8, 2015.
  • Fort Nelson, British Columbia: Residents of Fort Nelson in British Columbia will not set their clocks back this year as DST ends in most of Canada.


Changes made from version 15.00 to 16.02:
  • Palestine Territories: Clocks in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip will be turned ahead by one hour on Saturday, March 28, 2015. In past years, the DST switch always occurred on a Friday.
  • Mongolia: Mongolia will start observing DST again this year, from the last Saturday in March to the last Saturday in September.
  • Chile: Chile will use the DST time permanently until March 25 of 2017.


Changes made from version 14.00 to 15.00:
  • Egypt: Egypt re-introduces DST and will suspend DST for Ramadan.
  • Morocco: Morocco will return to standard time during Ramadan.
  • Russia: Russia returns to European DST in October 2014 and increased the number of time zones from 9 to 11.
  • Turks and Caicos: Starting in November, the Cabinet decided to stay on UTC-4 year-round.


Changes made from version 13.00 to 14.00:
  • Jordan: On Dec 20, 2013, Jordan will return to UTC+2.
  • Morocco: It was brought to our attention there was an issue with how the DstRule file was formatted to handle Morocco's observation of Ramadan during Day Light Savings. This issue has been addressed.


Changes made from version 11.00 to 13.00:
  • Updated time zone database.


Changes made from version 10.00 to 11.00:
  • Updated time zone database.


Changes made from version 9.00 to 10.00:
  • Updated time zone database.


Changes made from version 7.00 to 9.00:
  • Updated time zone database.
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Re: Garmin Time Zone Map Update History

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Hi, is there a way to manually download the Time Zone Map Update to the device (eg GPSMAP 66s), similar to the firmware updates (download from Garmin website, copy to device, restart, ...)? Thanks! Reason for asking is that I am not using a PC/Mac with Garmin Express and the Time Zone Map Update is not downloading directly to the device via Garmin Connect on iOS.
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Re: Garmin Time Zone Map Update History

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Garmin used to provide the current time zone map at the following link, but unfortunately it has not been updated since version 22.00.
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