Hello, We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html The Middle East News Agency http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21 <SubscriberDesktop.aspx?uc=./UI/Subscribers/News/ViewNews&NewsID=2345230&Date=11/08/2009%2012:25:00>" today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT". <SubscriberDesktop.aspx?uc=./UI/Subscribers/News/ViewNews&NewsID=2345230&Date=11/08/2009%2012:25:00> Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service, and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine (at least today). Best regards, Steffen - timeanddate.com jacquie@entropy.cc wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone know of an update for the end of DST in Africa/Cairo? According to the latest tzdata2009k.tar.gz, DST will end on September 24, 2009. However, time and date have August 20, 2009:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=53

We have confirmed with several properties in Cairo that DST will end on August 20th. Thanks in advance for any information.

Jacquie