The Lebanese government's last-minute decision to delay the start of daylight savings time by a month has resulted in mass confusion. 9News
With some institutions implementing the change while others refused, many Lebanese have found themselves in the position of juggling work and school schedules in different time zones — in a country that is just 88 kilometres at its widest point.politicians and institutions, including the small nation's largest church, the Maronite Church, rejecting the move.A view of the clock tower at Nejmeh Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, October 25, 2019.
No reason was given for the decision, but a video of a meeting between Mikati and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri leaked to local media showed Berri asking Mikati to postpone the implementation of daylight savings time to allow Muslims to break their Ramadan fast an hour earlier. While public institutions, in theory, are bound by the government's decision, many private institutions, including TV stations, schools and businesses, announced that they would ignore the decision and move to daylight savings on Sunday as previously scheduled.
"To my non Lebanese friends please ignore the above comment, i have not gone mad, i just live in wonderland."Haruka Naito, a Japanese non-governmental organisation worker living in Beirut, discovered she has to be in two places at the same time on Monday morning.The 8am appointment for her residency paperwork is with a government agency following the official time, while her 9am Arabic class is with an institute that is expected to make the switch to daylight savings.
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