[tz] Lebanon DST change internally disputed

Paul Gilmartin PaulGBoulder at AIM.com
Sun Mar 26 16:06:48 UTC 2023


On 3/25/23 23:11:25, Brian Inglis via tz wrote:
> Lebanese news confuses DST for UTC:
>     ...
> https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/news-bulletin-reports/693995/lebanons-daylight-saving-time-change-defies-global/en ;^>
>     

I recall dual standards in mid-20th-Century USA.  Town Hall clock towers
showed DST if that was the local convention; the railroad clock tower
showed Standard Time by which federal law required railroads to operate.
Airlines pragmatically published passenger-facing schedules according
to local convention.

-- 
gil



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