[tz] Egypt to have DST again

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Fri Apr 29 13:06:56 UTC 2016


We have seen similar reports. This one with an Oct date, but nothing
official. Chasing down sources now.

SUMMER TIME IN A.R.E (UTC +3 HOURS) SHALL BE APPLIED THIS YEAR

WEF 0001 LOCAL TIME ON 08 JUL 2016 AND END AT 2100 UTC ON 27 OCT

2016.


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Chris
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On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Steffen Thorsen <thorsen at timeanddate.com>
wrote:

> Several of our users have reported on new DST plans in Egypt, which is
> confirmed by
> several sources that all say Egypt will have DST from July 7 until the end
> of October.
>
> Unfortunately, "end of October" is very vague, but we at timeanddate.com
> would assume a rule like this for it, based on their historic end dates:
> Rule    Egypt    2016    max    -    Oct    lastThu    23:00s 0    -
> We also assume it will start at the end of July 7 (midnight between
> Thursday and Friday).
>
>
> http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/204655/Egypt/Daylight-savings-time-returning-to-Egypt-on--July.aspx
> http://www.nileinternational.net/en/?p=25806
>
> I found it interesting that EgyptAir seems to have assumed DST to start in
> April (like it previously did in 2010), and therefore this obviously causes
> problems with the schedules:
>
>
> http://www.egyptair.com/en/about-egyptair/news-and-press/Pages/CANCELLATION%20OF%20DAYLIGHT%20SAVING%20TIME.aspx
>
> Best regards,
> Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com
>
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