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<p>Yes, that's it. DST will now begin on March 30 at 12AM GMT+2 per
all the sources previously sent. The news articles translated into
English (both the machine translated ones and published in
English) might sound ambiguous but that's because they literally
translated the text from Arabic.<br>
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<p>Hopefully the update could be released soon before 2023b causes
any damage on March 30. The government changing this on such short
notice (both with their initial announcement and just now is so
reckless).</p>
<p>I might just switch to UTC because I don't trust the government
in managing a timezone anymore! Just ridiculous... it's one thing
to trash your own currency and economy but this is just
mind-boggling. All they had to do was nothing and all would have
been well! <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/27/23 17:02, Andrea Singletary
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So 2023c will reflect DST (GMT+3) beginning
on March 30 at 12AM GMT+2? Just trying to be extra clear so
that vendors who have already updated to 2023b understand what
they will have to do to update to 2023c, and they can
hopefully get out ahead of the Wednesday night / Thursday
morning deadline.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any idea when we can expect 2023c to be
released? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Jad Baz
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jadbaz@gmail.com"><jadbaz@gmail.com></a> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 27, 2023 7:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rany Hany <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rany_hany@riseup.net"><rany_hany@riseup.net></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tz@iana.org">tz@iana.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [tz] Lebanon DST change reverted<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes, the 48h window was officially
decided by the cabinet and should probably be adopted for
historical purposes<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Middle East airlines already changed
local times back to Winter time so I don't expect that
they would change them again for Monday->Wednesday
flights only<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unless they do, this is another reason
why historical time should be Winter time for midnight
Sunday -> midnight Thursday<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That being said, while 2023c should be
released as soon as possible to stop the bleeding from
2023b and future scheduling conundrums, perhaps it's best
to advise vendors to stay on 2023a until at least Thursday
morning and then jump to 2023c to avoid further confusion
in the interrim period<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is especially true as people in
Lebanon are still calling DST "International Time" vs
Winter "Local Time". I think very few people are aware of
the IANA db and that a change was already committed and
released<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In other words, any sudden updates to
their device times will completely throw them off<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Mar 27, 2023, 15:11 Rany Hany
via tz <<a href="mailto:tz@iana.org" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">tz@iana.org</a>>
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<p>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes it should switch to DST (GMT+3) on March 30 at 12AM
GMT+2. The government statement seems clear to me after
more complete media reports came out.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here is a government media source if it is needed to
revert this change: <a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/**I/604360/**K-**G-**K-**E-**M-**K-**E-48-**G__;2LPZitin2LPYqdmF2YrZgtin2KrZitij2LnZhNmG2KfZhNi52YjYr9ip2KXZhNmJ2KfZhNiq2YjZgtmK2KrYp9mE2LXZitmB2YrYqNi52K_Ys9in2LnYqQ!!BJMh1g!7m54QAZirrGnjq2OKelaXiMHD6r0cXVPYHNQ4t_CsxZeontiqhHYC0jAAGiN0umhrkHTTZzS2q2ADspY$"
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https://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9/604360/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-48-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 3/27/23 15:03, Andrea Singletary
via tz wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Will 2023c have Asia/Beirut
starting DST this year on March 30?
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<p class="MsoNormal">What does this mean for
future years? Wish the cabinet would've
clarified that while they were on the subject,
as Spring Forward intersects with Ramadan for
the next few years...<o:p></o:p></p>
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