March 2023 - tz - lists.iana.org

Reversal of timezone database file 2023b
by Roy Saad March 28, 2023

March 28, 2023

Dear Coordinator, The Lebanese government has reversed the decision to delay the shift to daylight savings time by a month (As per the articles below). Kindly update the time zone database to reverse the changes made in 2023b. (Sorry for the inconvenience created by incompetent public servants) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65090888 https://news.sky.com/story/lebanon-time-row-government-reverses-controversi… https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/27/lebanon-daylight-saving-tim… Thank you and best regards, ROY SAAD Partner & Strategic IT Advisor 9th Fl., Confidence Centre, st. 15 , Sin El Fil, Metn 27076117, Lebanon T: +961 1 493 503 F: +961 1 489 172 M: +961 3 518230 www.trisq.com

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Summer Time Zone in Lebanon
by Yvonne Sleiman March 28, 2023

March 28, 2023

Dear Sir in IANA, I would like to inform you that exceptionally, this year, we have done a postpone for applying the summer time zone in Beirut-Lebanon, In fact we used to do the transition from Winter time to daylight saving time at 1st hour of last Sunday in March, but this year exceptionally, and based on the Ministerial Cabinet decision, we postponed this transition to be applied at the 1st hour of Thursday March 30th, 2023. Kindly, be informed and take this decision in consideration. Best Regards [cid:910c6b6e-dad2-49d3-a352-02b429054397] Yvonne SLEIMAN Head of International Relations and Maintenance services Ministry of Telecommunications-Lebanon Tel: +961 1 979 122 - 123 Fax: +961 1 979 148 - 173 e-mail: ysleiman(a)mpt.gov.lb<mailto:ysleiman@mpt.gov.lb>

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Proposal to revert 2023b's Lebanon data changes
by Ghassan Geara March 28, 2023

March 28, 2023

Dear Sir/Madam at IANA, Please note that the *Prime Minister *(Najib Mikati) of Lebanon/Beirut has reverted back his previous decision (of delaying the DST change until April 2023) *and decided yesterday to apply the summer DST time as of Wednesday March 29th at midnight. *(which equals to the night of March 29-30) Hereby the URL: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/03/lebanon-pm-reverses-daylight-s… Therefore we appreciate your immediate action on this matter. Best regards, Ghassan Geara ________________________________________ *Ghassan GearaTechnology Consultant & Advisor* Deek El Mehdi - North Metn - Lebanon Mobile: +961 3 93 43 96 Email: ghassan.geara(a)gmail.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ghassangeara

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Re: [tz] Proposal to revert 2023b's Lebanon data changes
by Ahmad SOLH March 28, 2023

March 28, 2023

Dear, We understand that you may have received numerous emails regarding the recent Lebanon daylight saving and unplanned government decisions. As business owners and professionals, we respectfully request that you consider reverting to the previous summer time settings, especially since the government has withdrawn their decision effective 30th of March. Continuing with the newly implemented changes may negatively impact our businesses and cause us to fall out of sync with the rest of the world. We sincerely apologize on behalf of our government and believe that the actions of our leaders should not have an adverse effect on the people. Thank you, Regards, Ahmad SOLH Managing Director [cid:em15232572-152b-45b6-84f4-be0601b0fbc8@5c84fd39.com] M (CA) : +1-514-400 2490 | M (DxB) : +971-56-157 7898 | M (LB) : +961-3-414 664 CA: 292F Dalehurst Dr, Nepean, K2G 4E4, ON, Canada UAE: 2708, Sama Tower, World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: This email may contain confidential information intended for the person or organization to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that disclosing, copying, distributing or using this information is prohibited.

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Apple pushing out 2023b
by Jad Baz March 28, 2023

March 28, 2023

It seems Apple is pushing out 2023b A survey on a Lebanese Telegram group shows that iOS users are receiving a notification to restart their devices to apply timezone changes This seems to be an incrmental rollout, however, as not all users have reported getting a notification Some MacBook users have also reported receiving a similar notification I checked with both iOS and MacBook users asking them to restart their laptop, set the date/time to April 20th at 23:59 and within a minute, it sprung forward to April 21st at 01:00 So this is undoubtedly 2023b and nothing else

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Thank you!
by Fred Gleason March 28, 2023

March 28, 2023

As someone who mostly just _uses_ the TZ database to support various projects, I’d like to take a short break in our current Mideast Moment to express my gratitude to all of those volunteers who work to keep this oft-overlooked but critical bit of IT infrastructure accurate and functional. This includes both those who work on the code and data directly as well as the researchers and others “on the ground” who keep this group informed in the midst of sometimes chaotic and fast-moving situations. I greatly appreciate the time, effort and professionalism that all of you consistently bring to this task. Thank you! |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer | | | Paravel Systems | |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do | | it over. | | | | -- Meskimen's Law | |---------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Another Timezone update for Lebanon
by timings.06-flecks＠icloud.com March 27, 2023

March 27, 2023

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Proposal to revert 2023b’s Lebanon data changes
by Paul Eggert March 27, 2023

March 27, 2023

We need a new release soon to address the time zone chaos in Lebanon. One option is to revert 2023b's data and go back to 2023a as I suggested earlier. Another is to record the chaos in more detail in the data. The attached proposed patch (which I installed into the developmental repository on GitHub) takes the former approach, as I expect the latter would cause more problems than it would cure. This follows a similar (although not identical) precedent in Rio de Janeiro in 1993. In short, the patch would make 2023c identical to 2023a except for comments, which do not count as part of the data. It is a confusing and controversial situation. Comments welcome. In the meantime I again suggest to downstream distributors to stick with 2023a and avoid 2023b.

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Lebanon will not spring forward this weekend
by Paul Eggert March 27, 2023

March 27, 2023

On 3/23/23 09:42, Saadallah Itani wrote: > I had to send you the below as I am not subscribed to the list. I'll quote the rest of your message below so list subscribers see it. Thank you for the info about Lebanon deciding today to not change its clocks this weekend. Ouch, this is very short notice. Since the March 25 transition was scheduled for 24:00 (i.e., midnight between March 25 and March 26) I assume this means the spring forward transition is will occur midnight between April 20 and April 21. I created the attached proposed patch to record this. Please let me know if this interpretation sounds correct to you. We'll need a new tzdb release soon, as tzdb 2023a becomes wrong around 51 hours from now. >> On 23 Mar 2023, at 6:26 PM, Saadallah Itani <sitani(a)aub.edu.lb> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Lebanon too announced today delay of Spring forward from March 25 to April 20. >> >> preview.jpeg >> 960008904374 >> <https://imagescdn.mtv.com.lb/articles/960008904374.jpg?width=2000&quality=75> >> JPEG Image · 19 KB >> <https://imagescdn.mtv.com.lb/articles/960008904374.jpg?width=2000&quality=75> >> >> <https://imagescdn.mtv.com.lb/articles/960008904374.jpg?width=2000&quality=75> >> >> >> Regards, >> Saad >> Ext. 2229 >> >> Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [tz] tz Digest, Vol 138, Issue 71
by Rich Armstrong March 27, 2023

March 27, 2023

Though this list usually doesn't include discussion of the time-zone-rule data that Microsoft maintains in the Windows registry, it seems worth considering how to ensure the two repositories of time-zone rules might be kept in sync—not to mention IATA's repository. Thoughts and opinions from any MS representatives would be welcome. (Incidentally, I was born at 11:50 PM at a place and time when hospitals recorded births on standard time even though the general population observed DST. Consequently, I reserve the right to celebrate my birthday on the 12th and/or 13th of July.) ________________________________ From: tz <tz-bounces(a)iana.org> on behalf of tz-request(a)iana.org <tz-request(a)iana.org> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 1:29 PM To: tz(a)iana.org <tz(a)iana.org> Subject: tz Digest, Vol 138, Issue 71 Send tz mailing list submissions to tz(a)iana.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmm.icann.o… or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to tz-request(a)iana.org You can reach the person managing the list at tz-owner(a)iana.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of tz digest..."

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