No daylight saving in Egypt --updates

[Ahmed Toulan]

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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> >> >> With My Respect,
> >> >> Samar Ali
> >> >>
> >> >>
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