April 2, 2007
2:35 a.m.
The AP reported today that the Iraqi government issued a statement two weeks ago saying DST would begin yesterday (March 31) at 00:00 local time. At the appointed time the American military obediently shifted its clocks forward, but state-run TV did not. Apparently the cabinet had changed its mind, without notifying the Americans. State-run TV later announced that the government had decided to change the time today at 00:00 local time instead. No changes are needed to the tz database for this one, since it agrees with what the Iraqis eventually ended up with. We were lucky that we didn't get that statement two weeks ago. Here's a reference: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-time1apr01,1,4607391...