[tz] Egypt to have DST again

[Deborah Goldsmith]

Any updates on the official status of this change?

Thanks,
Debbie

> On May 9, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Matt Johnson <mj1856 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Additionally, note that the required legislation should be present here: http://www.cc.gov.eg/Legislations/Egypt_Legislations.aspx <http://www.cc.gov.eg/Legislations/Egypt_Legislations.aspx>
> Which indeed shows the presidential decree cancelling DST from last year, and shows other active legislation for this year, but nothing on DST yet.
> (Note, site may require Egyptian proxy server to access)
> 
> -Matt
> 
> From: Matt Johnson <mj1856 at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 9:57 AM
> To: WorldTimeServer.com Support; Steffen Thorsen
> Cc: Time Zone Database
> Subject: Re: [tz] Egypt to have DST again
>  
> It would appear that this change has not been confirmed yet.
> The Arabic version of the original announcement would appear to state that legislation action is still to be taken:http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/953556.aspx <http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/953556.aspx>
> 
> Additionally, several news outlets are reporting that a lawsuit has been filed in the administrative courts:
> http://www.moheet.com/2016/05/09/2423305 <http://www.moheet.com/2016/05/09/2423305>
> 
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> From: tz-bounces at iana.org <tz-bounces at iana.org> on behalf of WorldTimeServer.com Support <info at worldtimeserver.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 6:06 AM
> To: Steffen Thorsen
> Cc: Time Zone Database
> Subject: Re: [tz] Egypt to have DST again
>  
> We have seen similar reports. This one with an Oct date, but nothing official. Chasing down sources now.
> 
> SUMMER TIME IN A.R.E (UTC +3 HOURS) SHALL BE APPLIED THIS YEAR
> WEF 0001 LOCAL TIME ON 08 JUL 2016 AND END AT 2100 UTC ON 27 OCT
> 2016.
> 
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Chris
> WorldTimeServer.com <http://www.worldtimeserver.com/>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Steffen Thorsen <thorsen at timeanddate.com <mailto:thorsen at timeanddate.com>> wrote:
> Several of our users have reported on new DST plans in Egypt, which is confirmed by
> several sources that all say Egypt will have DST from July 7 until the end of October.
> 
> Unfortunately, "end of October" is very vague, but we at timeanddate.com <http://timeanddate.com/> would assume a rule like this for it, based on their historic end dates:
> Rule    Egypt    2016    max    -    Oct    lastThu    23:00s 0    -
> We also assume it will start at the end of July 7 (midnight between Thursday and Friday).
> 
> http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/204655/Egypt/Daylight-savings-time-returning-to-Egypt-on--July.aspx <http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/204655/Egypt/Daylight-savings-time-returning-to-Egypt-on--July.aspx>
> http://www.nileinternational.net/en/?p=25806 <http://www.nileinternational.net/en/?p=25806>
> 
> I found it interesting that EgyptAir seems to have assumed DST to start in April (like it previously did in 2010), and therefore this obviously causes problems with the schedules:
> 
> http://www.egyptair.com/en/about-egyptair/news-and-press/Pages/CANCELLATION%20OF%20DAYLIGHT%20SAVING%20TIME.aspx <http://www.egyptair.com/en/about-egyptair/news-and-press/Pages/CANCELLATION%20OF%20DAYLIGHT%20SAVING%20TIME.aspx>
> 
> Best regards,
> Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com <http://timeanddate.com/>
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