[tz] Time zones in the news

[Alexander Bokovoy]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014, Paul Eggert wrote:
>Thanks, that refers to an older article I hadn't seen, with the 
>following gem about Medvedev's 2011 change to Russia's timekeeping:
>
>"To reflect Medvedev time, Muscovites had to set their smartphones to 
>Baku or Yerevan time zones — a politically uncomfortable gesture for 
>some."
>
>The source for that quote:
>
>Gessen M. Will Russia Turn Back the Clock? New York Times 2012-10-01.
>http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/will-russia-restore-daylight-saving-time/

A popular way to solve it was to actually set Dubai time zone (GST),
even reflected in the Russian version of Wikipedia's article "Daylight Saving Time"
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8F#.D0.A0.D0.BE.D1.81.D1.81.D0.B8.D1.8F

-- 
/ Alexander Bokovoy