Pakistan confirmed back to ST on Oct 1, Bangladesh not

[Andy Heninger]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:44 AM, Steffen Thorsen <straen at thorsen.priv.no>wrote:

> Alexander Krivenyshev wrote:
>
>> According to Associated Press Of Pakistan, it is confirmed that Pakistan
>> clocks across the country would be turned back by an hour from October 1,
>> 2009.
>>
>>
> Now they seem to have changed their mind, November 1 is the new date:
>

Has this reversion to November 1 for the end of DST in Pakistan for this
year stuck, does anyone know?  Is there going to be a new data update to
reflect it, since 2009n has the change on Oct 1?

  Thanks,

   - -Andy


>
> http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24742
> "The country’s clocks will be reversed by one hour on November 1. Officials
> of Federal Ministry for Interior told this to Geo News on Monday."
>
> And more importantly, it seems that these dates will be kept every year:
>
> "It has now been decided that clocks will be wound forward by one hour on
> April 15 and reversed by an hour on November 1 every year without obtaining
> prior approval, the officials added."
>
> We have confirmed this year's end date with both with the Ministry of Water
> and Power and the Pakistan Electric Power Company:
> http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/pakistan-ends-dst09.html
>
> Best regards,
> Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com
>
>
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