Update for Asia/Calcutta timezone

Philip Newton philip.newton at gmail.com
Tue Jan 4 22:00:16 UTC 2011


On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 22:57, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> But capitals change too (for example, Kazakhstan).  No naming principle
> will work everywhere, and it's probably better to stick with the principles
> that we have.  The question here is when one principle (use the most-populous city)
> should override another one (avoid name changes).  It's not a slam-dunk case
> either way, which is why I asked for further comments.

FWIW, I'd favour the "avoid name changes" principle.

There are a number of zones which have "the wrong" name (typically
this means "not the current capital"). As long as the city stays in
the zone, I'd tend to keep it.

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <philip.newton at gmail.com>



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