diff --git a/deps/pthread/pthread.h b/deps/pthread/pthread.h
index fd27f16b767c587258ed5aab3aaced864400a5f2..e08bf22abcdfc003505e1a3055c84b0d8fd5cd58 100644
--- a/deps/pthread/pthread.h
+++ b/deps/pthread/pthread.h
@@ -189,6 +189,19 @@
  * -------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
+/*
+ _MSC_VER 1910 vs2019
+ _MSC_VER 1910 vs2017
+ _MSC_VER 1900 vs2015
+ _MSC_VER 1800 vs2013
+ */
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#if _MSC_VER >= 1900
+#define HAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC
+#endif
+#endif
+
 /* Try to avoid including windows.h */
 #if (defined(__MINGW64__) || defined(__MINGW32__)) && defined(__cplusplus)
 #define PTW32_INCLUDE_WINDOWS_H
diff --git a/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c b/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c
index 2a3089a539903ca06582f185bab62f1155a41142..e16da7b40749565b12e2f5769c039ee8f6c48ffd 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c
@@ -858,6 +858,15 @@ void tsSetTimeZone() {
   * e.g., the local time zone of London in DST is GMT+01:00,
   * otherwise is GMT+00:00
   */
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#if _MSC_VER >= 1900
+  // see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/daylight-dstbias-timezone-and-tzname?view=vs-2019
+  int64_t timezone = _timezone;
+  int32_t daylight = _daylight;
+  char **tzname = _tzname;
+#endif
+#endif
+
   int32_t tz = (-timezone * MILLISECOND_PER_SECOND) / MILLISECOND_PER_HOUR;
   tz += daylight;
 
diff --git a/src/util/src/tinterpolation.c b/src/util/src/tinterpolation.c
index 12f3064d7a22204d4a4765b0eda87e2c391d99ff..55022cc7c508dbc76ae69df5f017e2392acf4b36 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tinterpolation.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tinterpolation.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include "os.h"
 #include "taosmsg.h"
 #include "textbuffer.h"
 #include "tinterpolation.h"
@@ -38,6 +39,15 @@ int64_t taosGetIntervalStartTimestamp(int64_t startTime, int64_t timeRange, char
      *
      * TODO dynmaically decide the start time of a day
      */
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#if _MSC_VER >= 1900
+    // see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/daylight-dstbias-timezone-and-tzname?view=vs-2019
+    int64_t timezone = _timezone;
+    int32_t daylight = _daylight;
+    char**  tzname = _tzname;
+#endif
+#endif
+
     int64_t revStartime = (startTime / timeRange) * timeRange + timezone * MILLISECOND_PER_SECOND;
     int64_t revEndtime = revStartime + timeRange - 1;
     if (revEndtime < startTime) {