<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Prime Minister Mikati calls for a cabinet session tomorrow (Monday) noon and the issue of timing is the single item on the agenda</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Watch this space</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Arabic article:</div><div dir="auto"><a href="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">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</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 22:25 Brian Inglis via tz <<a href="mailto:tz@iana.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tz@iana.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 2023-03-26 10:06, Paul Gilmartin via tz wrote:<br>
> On 3/25/23 23:11:25, Brian Inglis via tz wrote:<br>
>> Lebanese news confuses DST for UTC:<br>
>>     ...<br>
>> <a href="https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/news-bulletin-reports/693995/lebanons-daylight-saving-time-change-defies-global/en" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/news-bulletin-reports/693995/lebanons-daylight-saving-time-change-defies-global/en</a> ;^><br>
> <br>
> I recall dual standards in mid-20th-Century USA.  Town Hall clock towers<br>
> showed DST if that was the local convention; the railroad clock tower<br>
> showed Standard Time by which federal law required railroads to operate.<br>
> Airlines pragmatically published passenger-facing schedules according<br>
> to local convention.<br>
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Indeed that seems to be how (Lebanese) Middle East Airlines and Egypt Air into <br>
Beirut are operating: flying on the existing schedule and telling people to turn <br>
up an hour early (always good practice everywhere!)<br>
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br>
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La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved<br>
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add<br>
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut<br>
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry<br>
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