The HTML email in the mailing list archive is not easily readable, as it is rendered as text/plain, but the PM's PDF attachment letter to Air Greenland, IATA, and the rest of us, renders in the browser; for reference: <https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/attachments/20230315/562d95e3/Announcement...> On 2023-04-01 01:15, Jacob Pratt via tz wrote:
There was an email to this list on March 15 from the Prime Minister's office. It was quite clear, and even included a table demonstrating DST resuming next year.
While I saw the numerous articles as well, the only conclusion I could reach is that every single one was (amazingly) wrong.
On Sat, Apr 1, 2023, 03:13 Paul Eggert via tz <tz@iana.org <mailto:tz@iana.org>> wrote:
This week several English-language news sources reported that Greenland has moved its clocks forward for the last time. These reports disagree with current TZDB[1], which follows Thomas M. Steenholdt's December email[2] saying that although in November Greenlanders voted to not fall back this fall, they also voted to continue to observe daylight saving time (DST) next year, effectively moving their time zone one hour east instead of abolishing DST.
There's no disagreement about timekeeping this year. The first point of disagreement is March 30, 2024 at 23:00, when TZDB says Nuuk, Greenland will spring forward to 24:00, whereas the recent news reports say clocks will neither spring forward nor fall back during 2024.
So who's right: Steenholdt in December, or these several recent news reports? Currently TZDB goes with Steenholdt. After all, he cited the relevant Greenland legislation and his email address ends in ".gl". I suppose another possibility, though, is that Greenland's government has changed its mind since November. However, if so I'd like to see citations to the newer legislation.
The earliest recent news story I found on this topic was a week ago by Lebawit Lily Girma[3], senior travel news reporter for Bloomberg Pursuits. I'm taking the liberty of bcc'ing Girma to see if she can help get to the bottom of the situation.
[1]: https://iana.org/tz <https://iana.org/tz> [2]: https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2022-December/032402.html <https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2022-December/032402.html> [3]: Girma LL. Greenland Solves the Daylight Saving Time Debate. Bloomberg. 2023-03-24. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-24/greenland-keeps-daylight-... <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-24/greenland-keeps-daylight-...>
Here are some of the other news reports I found.
Greenland to stay in daylight saving time forever. AP. 2023-03-27. https://apnews.com/article/greenland-daylight-saving-summertime-utc-gmt-3b5b... <https://apnews.com/article/greenland-daylight-saving-summertime-utc-gmt-3b5b...>
Martin M. Greenland is keeping daylight saving time permanently. NPR. 2023-03-28. https://www.wunc.org/2023-03-28/greenland-is-keeping-daylight-saving-time-pe... <https://www.wunc.org/2023-03-28/greenland-is-keeping-daylight-saving-time-pe...>
Selcho M. Here’s why Greenland is permanently keeping daylight saving time. Deseret News. 2023-03-28. https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2023/3/28/23660379/why-greenland-keeping-d... <https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2023/3/28/23660379/why-greenland-keeping-d...>
Jerusalem Post staff. Greenland changed their clocks to daylight savings for the last time. Jerusalem Post. 2023-03-29. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-735751 <https://www.jpost.com/international/article-735751>
Carpineti A. Greenland Has Changed Its Clocks For The Last Time, Embracing Daylight Savings Forever. IFLScience. 2023-03-29. https://www.iflscience.com/greenland-has-changed-its-clocks-for-the-last-tim... <https://www.iflscience.com/greenland-has-changed-its-clocks-for-the-last-tim...>
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