Fiddling with Egypt’s clocks
Longer daylight hours are unlikely to mend the economy
As winter draws to its dreary end, many Egyptians look forward to spring. But they are less keen on their parliament’s recent approval of a law to bring back daylight saving time (DST) designed to ensure that darkness falls later in the day. It hopes that doing so will curb the country’s electricity usage and free up natural gas for export, since it generates about 60% of Egypt’s power. But Egyptians are rolling their eyes.
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This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Time’s up—whatever the time is”
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