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<p>My gut feeling is that this change won't last long and will be
repealed soon. The public frustration with this change is just too
great, especially seeing that it was done on such short notice and
with non-existent planning for the ramifications/methods for
carrying it out (they didn't even contact IANA!) <br>
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<p>At any rate it does appear that the consensus in the country is
that DST is postponed and so I don't see a need to update the
timezone data... and besides what is the protocol in these cases,
a new timezone for every sect?</p>
<p>Perhaps it would be the first instance of timezones on the basis
of sect than region (or have the Tibetans beaten us to the punch?)<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/25/23 23:45, Tim Parenti via tz
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On Sat, 25 Mar 2023 at 16:46, Jad Baz via tz <<a
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<div dir="auto">Lebanon is going through many internal
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<div>Thanks for the heads-up. This situation is unfortunate
and is just one of many reasons we advise governments to
disseminate these changes far in advance. Thankfully, this
sort of division appears rare in recent memory, but it has
the potential to be incredibly disruptive when it does
occur, and there's not really anything we can do about that.</div>
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<div dir="auto">All of these concerns are important to
bring to light in view of IANA's procedures for updating
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<div dir="auto">If you would ask today "what the average
person on the street would think the time actually is",
it's not at all clear what the answer would be<br>
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Yes, it appears many in Lebanon are planning to set their
clocks forward in about 15 minutes while others plan to wait
a few more weeks. Hopefully those differences can be
reconciled, and the situation can clear itself up somewhat
over the next few days. Do keep us posted.</div>
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<div>In the meantime we have, by coincidence of timing, two tz
versions which differ only by the Lebanese government's recent
announcement. Though it's certainly an imperfect solution,
those hoping to observe the government's announced delay of
DST could use tz version 2023b, while those choosing to ignore
the delay could use 2023a (or even 2022g if they don't care
about handling timestamps in Egypt, Greenland, Morocco, and
Palestine.) Of course, such a split approach would present
some pretty major interoperability challenges.</div>
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