proposed tz changes for Brazil, East Timor, etc.
Clive D.W. Feather
clive at demon.net
Fri Oct 11 07:39:32 UTC 2002
Paul Eggert said:
> --- iso3166.tab 2002/01/28 17:56:02 2002.2
> +++ iso3166.tab 2002/10/10 22:59:59 2002.2.1.1
[...]
> -GB Britain (UK)
> +GB Britain
What's the justification for this change, or indeed for this entry?
The country coded GB is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland". "Britain" is a generic term referring to part of the UK *and*
part of France. "Great Britain" is the single largest landmass in the UK,
but so what?
NEITHER "Britain" NOR "Great Britain" IS THE NAME OF THIS COUNTRY.
Would you accept:
US America
or
US Continental contiguous United States
?
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