While I support any effort to create a "unified" abbreviation designation for the new UTC+3 year-round zone to be observed by Belarus and Ukraine (and perhaps even Kaliningrad), I don't think that using "EEST" year-round is necessarily a good idea, especially for zones which are geographically contiguous to others that will be shifting back to EET in October. The similarities in designation could cause confusion in border regions.<br>
<br>Furthermore, continuing to call the time "Summer Time" through the winter doesn't make any sense, especially if we're codifying the new zone as UTC+3+0 (standard offset year-round), rather than UTC+2+1, which it seems we are indeed doing.<br>
<br>That said, I don't have any better suggestions for a unified designation off the top of my head. I think "UAT" would serve decently for Ukraine's four tz zones, at least unless and until something more "unifying" can be devised.<br>
<br clear="all">--<br>Tim Parenti<br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 09:12, Alexander Bokovoy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:abokovoy@redhat.com" target="_blank">abokovoy@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>According to<br>
<a href="http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=40036" target="_blank">http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=40036</a><br>
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Ukraine has adopted permanent DST today, September 20th.<br>
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It means we would actually benefit from keeping EEST for Belarus and<br>
Ukraine.</div></blockquote></div><br>