[tz] South Sudan to change time zone?

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis at SystematicSw.ab.ca
Mon Jan 18 19:25:45 UTC 2021


On 2021-01-18 07:15, Steffen Thorsen wrote:
> Quite a few sources, but they seem mostly to be syndicated from the same story 
> tell that:
> "South Sudan will change its time zone by setting the clock back 1 hour on 
> February 1, 2021, the government spokesperson has said. According to the 
> minister of information, Michael Makuei Lueth, South Sudan will change its 
> offset from UTC+3 to UTC+2."
> from https://eyeradio.org/south-sudan-adopts-new-time-zone-makuei/

"South Sudan will change its time zone by setting the clock back 1 hour on 
February 1, 2021, the government spokesperson has said.
According to the minister of information, Michael Makuei Lueth, South Sudan will 
change its offset from UTC+3 to UTC+2.
The change will be effective at 00:00 (midnight) on February 1, when clocks will 
be set back 1 hour to 23:00 (11:00 pm).
Currently, South Sudan uses Eastern Africa Time (EAT). The change will put the 
East African country on Central Africa Time (CAT).
After the change, South Sudan will observe the same local time as Egypt and Chad 
and neighboring Sudan."

> and a bit different here:
> https://radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/south-sudan-to-change-time-zone-next-month

Official announcement tomorrow at 10:00+0300 in Juba:

https://www.facebook.com/www.motps.goss.org/
Ministry of ICT & Postal Services-Republic of South Sudan
"The Minister of Information Communication Technology and Postal Services 
Michael Makuei Lueth, is inviting all the Media houses in Juba for a news 
conference on the adjustment of time zone and other related issues on Tuesday 
19th January 2021.
Venue: Ministry's meeting hall at 10:00am"

Guess midnight 2021 January 31 Sunday/February 1 as it is a Sunday night?

  # South Sudan
  # Zone  NAME            STDOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  Zone    Africa/Juba     2:06:28 -       LMT     1931
                          2:00    Sudan   CA%sT   2000 Jan 15 12:00
-                        3:00    -       EAT
+                        3:00    -       EAT     2021 Feb 01 00:00
+                        2:00    -       CAT

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