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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Brothers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This is dr. Yahia Abdalla, DG of National Telecommunication Cooperation, the telecommunication Regulator of Sudan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This is to confirm the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1- the change of time (to be GMT +2 instead of GMT+3 ) is going to be permanently starting from 1st November 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>2- The governmental decision has been taken already, and no way to delay it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>3- the change will be through the entire country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>4- we already contacted the telecommunication operators in Sudan to prepare for the change.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>hope these point answered your questions.... and we are ready to answer any more questions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you for your cooperation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Matt Johnson [mailto:mj1856@hotmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 17, 2017 11:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> Paul Eggert; ahmed.atyya@ntc.gov.sd; Time Zone Mailing List<br><b>Cc:</b> 'abdin'; 'yahia '; 'nadir'; 'abdelhafiz '<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [tz] [IANA #985615] Sudan Time Zone change<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Dear Mr. Ahmed Atyya,</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Thank you for updating us all about this change. Respectfully, please understand that two weeks notice is very little time for this change to be processed. Even if we move quickly, it is likely that those in the affected region, and those who interact with Sudan worldwide, will not get the change installed onto their computers and devices before the change goes into effect.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;color:#212121'>Can you please let us know if this change is already official and enacted - definitely to take effect on November 1, 2017 as you stated? Or is the effective date something the government is still working on? Is there an opportunity to request a delay?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;color:#212121'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;color:#212121'>For more about the sorts of things that happen with short-notice time zone changes, please read this article on my personal blog:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;color:#212121'><a href="https://codeofmatt.com/2016/04/23/on-the-timing-of-time-zone-changes/" id=LPNoLP463951>https://codeofmatt.com/2016/04/23/on-the-timing-of-time-zone-changes/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'>Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'>Matt Johnson</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'>Microsoft Corporation</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=3 width="98%" align=center></div><div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg"><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:tz-bounces@iana.org">tz-bounces@iana.org</a> <<a href="mailto:tz-bounces@iana.org">tz-bounces@iana.org</a>> on behalf of Paul Eggert <<a href="mailto:eggert@cs.ucla.edu">eggert@cs.ucla.edu</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 17, 2017 12:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ahmed.atyya@ntc.gov.sd">ahmed.atyya@ntc.gov.sd</a>; Time Zone Mailing List<br><b>Cc:</b> 'abdin'; 'yahia '; 'nadir'; 'abdelhafiz '<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [tz] [IANA #985615] Sudan Time Zone change</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>A proposed tzdb patch is attached, and I've installed it into the tzdb <br>repository on GitHub. Before releasing a new tzdb version, I would like <br>to improve on the patch by citing a public announcement by Sudan's <br>government or in a reliable news source.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>