Lebanon will officially shift to daylight saving time overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said at a press conference at the Grand Serail on Monday after chairing a cabinet meeting “exclusively” dedicated to the issue. 

The announcement overturns a decision reached late last week, following a discussion between Mikati and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, to postpone the change to summer time for one month.

The move to delay the time change took the country by surprise, and resulted in confusion,  mockery, criticism and allegations of sectarianism as the decision coincided with the start of the holy month of Ramadan.