Egypt changes clocks for the 4th time in 5 months

[LazyLion]

Egypt has rolled clocks back one hour for the end of daylight savings time in the fourth time change in less than five months.

As of midnight Thursday Egypt is two hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and six hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.

Egypt stopped switching between summer and winter time after the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in the 2011 uprising. In May the government moved clocks ahead one hour as a power-saving measure. It then switched clocks for the start and end of Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month, which this year fell in the scorching months of June and July.


Source : Sapa-AP /ar
Date : 26 Sep 2014 10:26

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

DST reminds me of that song, Who's fooling Who.

 

[Rickster]

Ah clocls, I was wondering.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Egypt slowly going back in time?

 

[The_Ogre]

How does changing the clock amount to a power-saving measure?

 

[Fulcrum29]

How does changing the clock amount to a power-saving measure?

They are yet to spend on the next power hour, simple.

 

[jboyx989]

How does changing the clock amount to a power-saving measure?

It makes the sun set an hour later, so people turn on their lights later than they would have.

 

[Stokstert]

It makes the sun set an hour later, so people turn on their lights later than they would have.

Eskom has to let the sun set at least 5 hours later to get a sufficiant saving of electricity.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

It makes the sun set an hour later, so people turn on their lights later than they would have.

To me it's just people deluding themselves.