Dear Mr. Paul Eggert With respect to the topic, please be updated that the change was applied successfully, Apple handsets did the update automatically but Android handsets didn’t. We kindly request to communicate with Google in order to update Android OS with the changes for the handsets take the time automatically. We would appreciate your swift assistance as we wish to have smooth transfer to the new time zone. Regards, Ahmed Atyya ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Eggert" <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> To: "yahia" <yahia@ntc.gov.sd>, "Matt Johnson" <mj1856@hotmail.com>, "ahmed atyya" <ahmed.atyya@ntc.gov.sd>, "Time Zone Mailing List" <tz@iana.org> Cc: "itisalat" <itisalat@ntc.gov.sd>, "abdin" <abdin@ntc.gov.sd>, "nadir" <nadir@ntc.gov.sd>, "abdelhafiz " <abdelhafiz@ntc.gov.sd> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 11:30:22 AM Subject: Re: [tz] [IANA #985615] Sudan Time Zone change yahia wrote:
Please find attached the decision in Arabic,
Thank you. Attached is a proposed update to tzdb that cites a copy of this decision. I plan to issue a tzdb release soon, in order to get this change propagated into cell phones and computers around the world. As Matt Johnson mentioned, two weeks is not enough notice for a change like this to propagate through tzdb and through hardware and software suppliers, and into production. Almost surely, most cell phones and computers in Sudan will not be updated before November 1, and will therefore be an hour off after November 1. As a temporary workaround to get the correct time after November 1, Sudanese users of non-updated devices can set their clocks to Mozambique time (TZ='Africa/Maputo' in tzdb), since Mozambique is also 2 hours ahead of Universal Time. If the government of Sudan plans to change the time zone again, it would be helpful to give us more notice. We suggest giving notice at least one year in advance. For more information, please see: https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tz-link.html#changes