Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 09:29:55 -0700 From: Matt Johnson <mj1856@hotmail.com> Message-ID: <BAY178-W213AD7E5BF71C401A80BEBC2340@phx.gbl> | Who might we lobby to enact such a thing? I agree with you on the stupidity of making changes like this at the last second, but there really is nothing that can be done (beyond perhaps internal pressure inside the countries that do it ... Egypt is by no means the only one.) That's because the answer to the question you ended your message with (above) is "no-one" - there is no such thing as global enacting. Each country does what it likes, on all matters (with a few odd exceptions like countries that are members of the EU, and even there, if a country was bothered too much by EU rules, it could just leave the EU). Everything else is a matter of treaties - countries agreeing to do this or that, which remain effective exactly as long as they continue to agree. Sure, sometimes, other countries can try and pressure a country that is behaving badly (sanctions and so on .. even invasions) but it is hard to imagine anyone jeopardising their own trade arrangements (let alone starting a war) just because some other country didn't provide enough notice that it was going to change its clocks. Aside from that, about all that's left would be to find some organisation that the relevant country (countries) is (are) a member of (maybe the WTO or something) and have them enact some by-law, and then hope that either the member countries actually take notice, or that the organisation has enough teeth to punish malefactors. Far more significant issues than time keeping have failed at this kind of thing. kre