[tz] Lebanon DST change internally disputed

[Jad Baz]

Prime Minister Mikati calls for a cabinet session tomorrow (Monday) noon
and the issue of timing is the single item on the agenda

Watch this space

Arabic article:
https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon/694139/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%88-%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B8%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%BA%D8%AF-%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88/ar

On Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 22:25 Brian Inglis via tz <tz at iana.org> wrote:

> On 2023-03-26 10:06, Paul Gilmartin via tz wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Indeed that seems to be how (Lebanese) Middle East Airlines and Egypt Air
> into
> Beirut are operating: flying on the existing schedule and telling people
> to turn
> up an hour early (always good practice everywhere!)
>
> --
> Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada
>
> La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
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> add
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> cut
>                                  -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
>
>
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