[tz] South Sudan to change time zone?

[Steffen Thorsen]

On 2021-01-22 19:25, Tim Parenti wrote:
>
> Thanks, Chris.  I saw yesterday that that video had been posted but 
> hadn't yet gotten a chance to pull the bits that caught my attention 
> into an email.  Your transcriptions here, particularly "On the 31st, 
> and the morning [it] starts", match my understanding as well, and 
> appear to mean the recent patch from Paul (dated Tue Jan 19 13:17:42 
> 2021 -0800) is in line with the intent, that the transition will be 
> from 2021-01-31 24:00 +03 to 23:00 +02.
>
> However, it seems in recent days that at least some are calling for a 
> less rushed approach:
> https://eyeradio.org/south-sudan-told-not-rush-change-of-time-zone/ 
> <https://eyeradio.org/south-sudan-told-not-rush-change-of-time-zone/>
>
>     A South Sudan’s horologist is calling on the government to create
>     more awareness first before changing the country’s time zone.
>
>     “In many countries, that is how things ought to be done,” Alex
>     Lubajo said, adding that “to be informed within a month that ‘next
>     month we are going to change the time zone,’ people are asking why?”
>
>
It seems to be fully official now according to multiple sources, where 
at least one is specific about the transition time:

http://southsudan24news.com/south-sudan-change-its-time-zone-in-february-1-2021/ 


"The change will occur at 00:00 (midnight) on February 1, when clocks 
will be set back 1 hour to 23:00 (11:00 pm)."

and

https://www.sudanspost.com/s-sudan-to-share-time-zone-with-sudan-egypt/

https://kampalapost.com/content/south-sudan-changes-official-time-zone


Best regards,

Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com