On Mon, 31 Mar 2014, Paul Eggert wrote:
Thanks, that refers to an older article I hadn't seen, with the following gem about Medvedev's 2011 change to Russia's timekeeping:
"To reflect Medvedev time, Muscovites had to set their smartphones to Baku or Yerevan time zones — a politically uncomfortable gesture for some."
The source for that quote:
Gessen M. Will Russia Turn Back the Clock? New York Times 2012-10-01. http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/will-russia-restore-daylight-sa...
A popular way to solve it was to actually set Dubai time zone (GST), even reflected in the Russian version of Wikipedia's article "Daylight Saving Time" http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D1%... -- / Alexander Bokovoy