On 2021-01-29 15:28, Paul Eggert wrote:
On 1/29/21 2:34 AM, Steffen Thorsen wrote:
http://southsudan24news.com/south-sudan-change-its-time-zone-in-february-1-2... "The change will occur at 00:00 (midnight) on February 1, when clocks will be set back 1 hour to 23:00 (11:00 pm)." and https://www.sudanspost.com/s-sudan-to-share-time-zone-with-sudan-egypt/ https://kampalapost.com/content/south-sudan-changes-official-time-zone
Unfortunately, the third URL contradicts the first one, by reporting that a government official said that the transition will occur at 01:00 (switching to 00:00) rather than 00:00 (switching to 23:00 the previous day). This is the first I've seen of such an assertion, and as it contradicts our other sources I'm somewhat inclined to discount it. But here is the quote: South Sudan’s undersecretary in the ministry of labour Mary Hillary Wan Pitia, Thursday officially communicated, “South Sudan has changed its official time from UTC +3 to UTC +2; which is based on South Sudan’s real location on the globe.” The undersecretary added, “This means that the current time is set back by one hour. The current 1:00 am will be set back to 00:00 am, from February 1, 2021.
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