Cyprus Timezone Issue

[Glafkos Charalambous]

A note: Please make google search for Cyprus time etc.. They all have Cyprus
listed under European Union

Thanks
Glafkos

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Glafkos Charalambous <glafkos at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Cyprus is in European Union and the timezone should be under Europe. If
> that's not the case why Cyprus is not in Asia Union?
> Do we have magic lines in the map that show us to be Asia people ? :)
>
> Regards,
> Glafkos Charalambous
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Martin Jerabek <
> martin.jerabek at isis-papyrus.com> wrote:
>
>> On 27.04.2009 03:04, Gwillim Law wrote:
>>
>>> This issue was discussed on the tz mailing list in September 2000, and
>>> again
>>> in May 2004. The resolution in 2000 was to add Europe/Nicosia as an alias
>>> for Asia/Nicosia. The accompanying comment reads, "for various reasons
>>> many
>>> users expect to find [Cyprus] under Europe." When the issue was discussed
>>> before, most reference sources placed Cyprus in Asia.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Cyprus is a member of the European Union (since 2004), and its official
>> currency is the Euro, so I think it is reasonable for people to expect to
>> find Cyprus under Europe.
>>
>> Regards
>> Martin Jerabek
>>
>
>
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