[tz] São Tomé and Príncipe tz change (Jan 1, 2019)

[Brian Inglis]

On 2018-12-29 16:50, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Vadim Nasardinov via tz wrote:
>> São Tomé and Príncipe is about to do the following on Jan 1, 2019:
>> http://www.stp-press.st/2018/12/05/governo-jesus-ja-decidiu-repor-hora-legal-sao-tomense/
>> “O Conselho de Ministros, relativamente a hora legal de São Tomé e 
>> Príncipe, decidiu que a partir de 1 de Janeiro de 2019 será reposta a
>> nossa hora secular”
> Thanks, this is news to me. STP-Press is the official news agency of the 
> national goverment, so it's reasonably authoritative. Last year, Michael
> Deckers found a government-sourced URL for last year's change
> <http://www.mnec.gov.st/index.php/publicacoes/documentos/file/90-decreto-lei-n-25-2017>
> which said that the transition was at 01:00. I can't find anything like that 
> this year, so we can leave the transition time out (defaulting to 00:00 local
> time).

http://www.stp.gov.st/artigo.php?nid=287 now gives 404
Google cache has:
"Governo já decidiu repor a hora legal
O Governo de São Tomé e Príncipe anunciou hoje a reposição da hora legal do
arquipélago já a partir de 01 de Janeiro de 2019 em cumprimento uma das
promessas eleitorais do Primeiro-Ministro são-tomense, Jorge Bom Jesus, líder do
MLSTP-PSD, anunciou esta manhã o porta-voz do Executivo, Adelino Lucas."
and translates as:
"Government has decided to restore the legal time
The Government of Sao Tome and Principe today announced the replacement of the
legal archipelago time as from January 1, 2019 in fulfillment of the electoral
promises of the Prime Minister of Sao Tome, Jorge Bom Jesus, leader of MLSTP-PSD
announced this morning the Executive spokesman, Adelino Lucas."
which seems close enough to not require paraphrasing.

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