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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I deal with getting the TZ updates rolled out for IBM AIX. As we all know, sometimes IANA is notified in the eleventh hour, and it is not feasible for AIX to deliver fixes in a matter of weeks
(or less)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Take Egypt, for example. For good reason, IANA did initiate a new build on March 1, as discussed in
<a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2023-March/032683.html">this thread</a>.
<i>(Even if they did, it would have been a tight schedule for AIX to have ready mid April.)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I certainly appreciate the emphasis on notifications, placed in the IANA article.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#161616;letter-spacing:.1pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/how-time-zones-are-coordinated-13-03-2023-en" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#325C80;text-decoration:none">How
Time Zones Are Coordinated</span></strong></a></span></em><span style="font-family:"IBM Plex Sans",sans-serif;color:#161616;letter-spacing:.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I have incorporated this message in to our AIX TZ documentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We usually see some attribution to the notification in the NEWS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><i><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"> Starting in 2023, Egypt will observe DST from April's last Friday<o:p></o:p></span></i></pre>
<pre><i><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"> through October's last Thursday. (Thanks to Ahmad ElDardiry.)<o:p></o:p></span></i></pre>
<pre><i><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"> Assume the transition times are 00:00 and 24:00, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></i></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I think it would be helpful if there was a clear record of
<b>WHEN</b> IANA is officially notified of TZ changes, so users could understand this is the result of their government changes, and notification processes, it is not a "defect" in how IANA or vendors roll out these updates. I do realize that sometimes “official”
notifications seems to be that someone submitted a more formal government reference, instead of a news article. Maybe just an indicator of when the group is provided such official confirmation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thanks for your consideration!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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