The simplest policy would be to follow the UN for locations where there is any doubt, and add aliases as needed for convenience. The UN puts Cyprus and Turkey in Asia: see <a href="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm">http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm</a><br>
<br clear="all">Mark<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 13:48, Paul Schauble <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Paul.Schauble@ticketmaster.com">Paul.Schauble@ticketmaster.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I guess the question is whether the grouping for tz purposes is<br>
geographic or political.<br>
<br>
When Turkey joins the EU, will it move to the Europe tz file?<br>
<br>
++PLS<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">Subject: Re: Cyprus Timezone Issue<br>
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On 27.04.2009 03:04, Gwillim Law wrote:<br>
> This issue was discussed on the tz mailing list in September 2000, and<br>
again<br>
> in May 2004. The resolution in 2000 was to add Europe/Nicosia as an<br>
alias<br>
> for Asia/Nicosia. The accompanying comment reads, "for various reasons<br>
many<br>
> users expect to find [Cyprus] under Europe." When the issue was<br>
discussed<br>
> before, most reference sources placed Cyprus in Asia.<br>
><br>
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Cyprus is a member of the European Union (since 2004), and its official<br>
currency is the Euro, so I think it is reasonable for people to expect<br>
to find Cyprus under Europe.<br>
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