Perhaps someone could give them feedback on why that was a good move, and how
long it would take Apple, Google, IBM, MS, Oracle, Samsung, various Unix distros
and vendors to issue updates...

Per Jerusalem Post coverage, the Digital Authority is hip to a problem; I don't know if they're fully aware of desirable lead time.

"It was determined based on the advice of the Israel Digital Authority that the date of transition between the winter and summer clocks is structurally defined in the operating systems of servers, computers, communications equipment[,] and cellular phones. The authority said that to change such a system would take longer than the time available."

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