[tz] [IANA #985615] Sudan Time Zone change

[yahia]

Dear Brothers
This is dr. Yahia Abdalla, DG of National Telecommunication Cooperation, the telecommunication Regulator of Sudan
This is to confirm the following:
1- the change of time  (to be GMT +2 instead of GMT+3 ) is going to be permanently starting from 1st November 2017
2- The governmental decision has been taken already, and no way to delay it.
3- the change will be through the entire country.
4- we already contacted the telecommunication operators in Sudan to prepare for the change.

hope these point answered your questions.... and we are ready to answer any more questions

Thank you for your cooperation


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Eggert [mailto:eggert at cs.ucla.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 9:49 PM
To: ahmed.atyya at ntc.gov.sd; tz at iana.org
Cc: 'abdin'; 'nadir'; 'yahia '; 'abdelhafiz '
Subject: Re: [tz] [IANA #985615] Sudan Time Zone change

On 10/16/2017 05:34 PM, ahmed.atyya at ntc.gov.sd wrote:
> the Republic of Sudan is going to change the time zone from (GMT + 3:00) to (GMT+ 2:00) starting from Wednesday 1 November 2017.

Thank you for letting us know. Can you please cite a government publication or a newspaper argument that specifies this change? 
Preferably with a URL, so that others can read it. Although English publications are preferred, Arabic is also fine.

When exactly will the change occur? What time of day?

Is the change intended to be permanent?

Does the change affect all of Sudan, or only some regions? If so, which regions?