[tz] Kuwait considers DST

[Hanna Kreitem]

Yes, they are suggesting to advance the clock 2 hours, to become UTC+5.



On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 8:36 AM Matt Johnson <mj1856 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks.  But Kuwait is normally UTC+3, so UTC+2 would be the wrong
> direction for DST.  It should be UTC+4.
>
>
> Or are you saying they would advance two hours to UTC+5?
>
>
> -Matt
>
>
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> *From:* Hanna Kreitem <hannaq at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 8, 2016 8:12 PM
> *To:* Matt Johnson; Time zone mailing list
> *Subject:* Re: [tz] Kuwait considers DST
>
>
> Hello Matt,
>
> This is a bill suggesting adopting DST, +2 hours, between first day of
> April and last day of September of each year, the tweet wrongfully says
> August.
>
> It seems that it did pass in the Parliament, but waiting approval from
> prince Sabbah.
>
> No further news or announcement found.
>
> Regards,
> Hanna.
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016, 20:44 Matt Johnson <mj1856 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Apparently Kuwait is considering introducing DST next year.  It has never
>> done so before.
>>
>>
>> I can't find a more official reference at the moment, but worth keeping
>> an eye on:
>>
>> https://twitter.com/jahrawie/status/762362762760744961
>>
>>
>> Any Arabic native speakers able to read the text in the images? If so,
>> a summary would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Matt
>>
>
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