ICal time zone reverting back

I have just arrived in a new country, but when I look for that place's time zone and select it, the next time I open the iCal time zone, it has reverted back to a previous one.
Even more strangely, when I change my time zone in the top right corner of iCal to Greenwich Mean Time, all my entires move suddenly to irrelevant times that are not in line with the chosen time zone...
How do I categorically select and save the time zone once and for al, so I don't have to worry about this strange behavior (which is probably caused by me doing something wrong)?
I would appreciate any help ...

Hi,
See my posts here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15103765#15103765
I suggest you use Tripoli  (EET) as your location as I do not believe OSX's DST definition is up to date with this change in Egypt's timezone.
Best wishes
John M

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