No daylight saving in Egypt --updates

[Angie T. Muhammad]

That's cool, Toulan! Thanks :D
@Samar Let's wait like Ahmed said.

On 4/25/11, Ahmed Toulan <thelinuxer at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> I have contacted Martin Pitt the maintainer of tzdata on Launchpad. Let's
> wait for his reply...
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Samar Ali <newgeneration92 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I'm in but what're the steps to follow?!!!
>>
>>
>> On 25 April 2011 18:02, Angie T. Muhammad <angie.tawfik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> tzdata package is now updated. Check: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/
>>>
>>> Now it is our turn to get Ubuntu 11.04 as the first OS to cancel DST
>>> for Egypt. Once Ubuntu does it, it will spread to the rest of OSs
>>> world wide :D
>>>
>>> Who is helping ?
>>>
>>> On 4/25/11, Angie T. Muhammad <angie.tawfik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi List,
>>> >
>>> >  I hope you are all enjoying the festive atmosphere :)
>>> >
>>> > I have contacted tzdata maintainer and he confirmed that it is a
>>> > matter of hours to have the new package on FTP site. I hope any one
>>> > can take it from here and find out who maintains the pakage under
>>> > Ubuntu to contact them.
>>> >
>>> > Have a great day
>>> >
>>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> > From: "Angie T. Muhammad" <angie.tawfik at gmail.com>
>>> > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:46:48 +0200
>>> > Subject: Re: No daylight saving in Egypt
>>> > To: "Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]" <olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov>
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for doing such a heavy work in a such a short time frame. The
>>> > Egyptian Ubuntu mailing list <ubuntu-eg at lists.ubuntu.com> is keen to
>>> > have tzdata package updated with DST cancelling in the upcoming Ubuntu
>>> > 11.04 release.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks again, keep up the good work :)
>>> >
>>> > On 4/24/11, Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] <olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov
>>> >
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> Thanks for the information. The action of the Egyptian government was
>>> >> reported by someone else last week and a proposed time zone package
>>> >> change
>>> >> has been circulated.
>>> >> A new version of the package should appear in about 15 hours on the
>>> >> ftp
>>> >> site; we'll see how long it takes for vendors to get it out in to the
>>> >> field.
>>> >>
>>> >>         --ado
>>> >> ________________________________________
>>> >> From: Angie T. Muhammad [angie.tawfik at gmail.com]
>>> >> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 12:47 PM
>>> >> To: tz at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
>>> >> Subject: No daylight saving in Egypt
>>> >>
>>> >> Hello TZ data list,
>>> >>
>>> >>  Four days ago the Egyptian authorities issued a bill cancelling
>>> daylight
>>> >> saving time. I am sorry if the topic is a duplicate but
>>> >> here<
>>> http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/10419/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-cancels-daylight-saving-time.aspx
>>> >
>>> >> is a link - in English - to the news by Al Ahram newspaper.
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards,
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> All the best,
>>> >> Angie T. Muhammad
>>> >> http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > All the best,
>>> > Angie T. Muhammad
>>> > http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > All the best,
>>> > Angie T. Muhammad
>>> > http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
>>> >
>>>
>>>
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>>> http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
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>> Samar Ali
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