Update for Asia/Calcutta timezone
Marshall Eubanks
tme at americafree.tv
Wed Jan 5 02:36:13 UTC 2011
On Jan 4, 2011, at 5:00 PM, Philip Newton wrote:
> 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.
Not to mention the countries with more than one capital.
Regards
Marshall
>
> Cheers,
> Philip
> --
> Philip Newton <philip.newton at gmail.com>
>
>
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