Prime Minister Mikati calls for a cabinet session tomorrow (Monday) noon and the issue of timing is the single item on the agenda

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Arabic article:
https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon/694139/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%88-%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B8%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%BA%D8%AF-%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88/ar

On Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 22:25 Brian Inglis via tz <tz@iana.org> wrote:
On 2023-03-26 10:06, Paul Gilmartin via tz wrote:
> On 3/25/23 23:11:25, Brian Inglis via tz wrote:
>> Lebanese news confuses DST for UTC:
>>     ...
>> https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/news-bulletin-reports/693995/lebanons-daylight-saving-time-change-defies-global/en ;^>
>
> I recall dual standards in mid-20th-Century USA.  Town Hall clock towers
> showed DST if that was the local convention; the railroad clock tower
> showed Standard Time by which federal law required railroads to operate.
> Airlines pragmatically published passenger-facing schedules according
> to local convention.

Indeed that seems to be how (Lebanese) Middle East Airlines and Egypt Air into
Beirut are operating: flying on the existing schedule and telling people to turn
up an hour early (always good practice everywhere!)

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
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