No daylight saving in Egypt --updates

Thu Apr 28 22:54:25 UTC 2011

On 10.04 LTS.. just updated.. Time is CORRECT!

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:51 AM, Angie T. Muhammad
<angie.tawfik at gmail.com>wrote:

> RHEL 4 ?!?!  seriously!  That is way too old :P
>
> P.S. I am joking, my Fedora 14 is stuck here with the same stupid DST. I
> haven't slept in the past 48 hours except for 3 hours, wish I could have
> compiled the new 2011g tzdata on my own. May be on Saturday ISA, till Fedora
> inserts the update ba2a..
>
> Nighty list :)
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Ahmed Kamal <
> email.ahmedkamal at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> woohoo, and my rhel4 box is stuck at 2011d !! I love how fast redhat moves
>> </sarcasm>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Ahmed Toulan <thelinuxer at ubuntu.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Just upgraded to tzdata_2011g, the one with the right time zone :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Angie T. Muhammad <
>>> angie.tawfik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's really awesome. Thanks :)
>>>>
>>>> On 4/26/11, Ahmed Toulan <thelinuxer at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>>> > Hey guys,
>>>> >
>>>> > Martin said they are aware of the problems and it will be solved isA.
>>>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/770622
>>>> >
>>>> > Best regards,
>>>> > Ahmed Toulan.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Angie T. Muhammad
>>>> > <angie.tawfik at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> 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
>>>> >> >>> >
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> --
>>>> >> >>> All the best,
>>>> >> >>> Angie T. Muhammad
>>>> >> >>> http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
>>>> >> >>>
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>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >>
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>>>> >> >> With My Respect,
>>>> >> >> Samar Ali
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >>
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>>>> >> http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
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