Some details on this, and more on my blog here:

http://codeofmatt.com/2016/07/01/time-zone-chaos-inevitable-in-egypt/

 

 

From: Arthur David Olson
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 6:55 PM
To: Paul G
Cc: Time Zone Database list
Subject: Re: [tz] ICANN contacts Egyptian government about recent last-minute clock change

 

> If subscribing to this mailing list hasn't made me a party to an international conspiracy, I'm going to have to adjust my resumé.

The time zone cabal dates to 1989 (see below).

    @dashdashado

Script started on Sat, Jul 23, 2016  9:51:03 PM
$ sccs print README | grep "4.3 "
D 4.3 89/02/20 21:56:14 ado 28 27    00009/00003/00031
4.3
40 lines
$ grep Cabal README
Thanks to these Timezone Caballeros who've made major contributions to the
exit

Script done on Sat, Jul 23, 2016  9:51:29 PM

On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Paul G <paul@ganssle.io> wrote:
I think we should have known ahead of time because of the global conspiracy - time zone, leap second and metric system division. If subscribing to this mailing list hasn't made me a party to an international conspiracy, I'm going to have to adjust my resumé.



On July 23, 2016 8:52:18 PM EDT, Howard Hinnant <howard.hinnant@gmail.com> wrote: 
ICANN’s paltry psychic skills…  One would think tarot card reading training would be mandatory.

Howard

On Jul 23, 2016, at 7:03 PM, Arthur David Olson <arthurdavidolson@gmail.com> wrote:
 
 "ICANN thrown into confusion by cancelation of Daylight Saving Time" does make it seem as if it's ICANN's fault, no?
 
      @dashdashado
 
 On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
 Baher Esmat of ICANN contacted the Egyptian government asking it to give us more notice about clock changes next time. This found its way into the popular press earlier this month; here's the English-language version:
 
 Al-Youm A-M. ICANN thrown into confusion by cancelation of Daylight Saving Time. Egypt Independent 2016-07-08. http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/icann-thrown-confusion-cancelation-daylight-saving-time