[tz] Kyiv time zone

random832 at fastmail.us random832 at fastmail.us
Wed Apr 29 14:36:38 UTC 2015


On Wed, Apr 1, 2015, at 01:49, Paul Eggert wrote:
> If memory serves that was Arthur David Olson's decision when he was
> maintainer, 
> but I can share my two cents.  In English, the name "Kolkata" is far more
> common 
> than "Calcutta" nowadays, so a name change was in order.

It seems that this privileges India's ability to define the English
names of its cities, as a country with English as an official language,
vs other countries' ability to do so.


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