[tz] Egypt to have DST again
Stepan Golosunov
stepan at golosunov.pp.ru
Wed Jun 15 03:58:48 UTC 2016
14.06.2016 в 18:12:13 -0600 Brian Inglis написал:
> On 2016-06-14 14:01, Paul Eggert wrote:
> >On 06/14/2016 11:00 AM, Matt Johnson wrote:
> >>I have not yet located any official legislative document.
>
> >Me neither, though I haven't looked that hard and I read Arabic only
> >via automatic translators. Given your recent email and others,
> >though, the likelihood of the change happening seemed high enough
> >that a new tzdata release now seemed likely to cure more problems
> >than it would cause.
>
> >The Egyptian government regularly changes daylight-saving rules with
> >less than two weeks' notice, most recently in April of last year.
> >Let's hope we guessed right this time. Either way, maybe you could
> >add Egypt to the hall of fame in
> ><http://codeofmatt.com/2016/04/23/on-the-timing-of-time-zone-changes/#whatabouttherestoftheworld>,
> >as Egypt's 2016 ranks right up there with 2015, 2011, 2010,....
>
> >On 2016-06-14 14:27, Stepan Golosunov wrote:
> >>30.05.2016 в 23:38:24 +0400 Stepan Golosunov написал:
>
> >>http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(Spravka)?OpenAgent&RN=1085784-6
> >>moves Novosibirsk oblast from UTC+6 to UTC+7.
> >
> >Looks like that bill was approved in the first reading by the State
> >Duma. The second and the third readings can happen next week or this
> >Friday. Then the Federation Council can approve the bill on
> >2016-06-29. Text from the first reading schedules transition on
> >2016-07-03 at 2:00. The date can be amended before the second reading
> >(amended text will likely be known by Friday).
>
> Might also want to add the above from Stepan's thread to the Hall of Fame
> as it looks like we will get *4* days /official/ notice if nothing changes!
Less than 4, as the bill needs to be signed by the President and
published after approval by the Federation Council. That fact
suggests that the date will be changed, but we can't be sure yet.
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