[tz] Gaza and the West Bank agree on the start of winter time

Ian Abbott abbotti at mev.co.uk
Mon Sep 24 16:41:12 UTC 2012


On 2012-09-23 02:09, Alexander Krivenyshev wrote:
> Steffen Thorsen <thorsen <at> timeanddate.com> writes:
>
>>
>> The Palestinian News & Info Agency reported on 2012-09-19 that "The
>> three papers also said that the Palestinian government decided in its
>> cabinet meeting on Tuesday to start winter time as of 1:00 a.m. Friday
>> morning by turning the clock back one hour."
>>
>> http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=20705
>>
>> There are a few other sources for the same - so, West Bank is at least
>> back on standard time, and not having found any articles stating that
>> Gaza is having a different date, I would assume Gaza did change the
>> clocks too.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com
>>
>>
>
> Yes, it is confirmed from Palestinian government web site
> http://www.moh.gov.ps/care/index.php?
> option=com_content&view=article&id=838:2012-09-20-06-18-17&catid=42:2011-11-01-
> 08-36-32&Itemid=61
>
> and
>
> http://paltoday.ps/
>
> that
> Gaza and the West Bank agree on the start of winter time on Friday morning
> 09.21.2012

I couldn't read the text, but the pretty picture on the www.moh.gov.ps 
page linked to above shows the clock going back from 2 o'clock to 1 o'clock.

http://www.moh.gov.ps/care/images/stories/4420e83d6.jpg

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