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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Are we to carry this convention into other zones, and if so, what will we do for half-hour or 45-minute zones?<div><br></div><div>How do you feel about the RTZ1, RTZ2, etc. convention? Or the MSK+1, MSK+2, etc. convention that seems to actually be used in Russia?</div><div><br></div><div>-Matt</div><div><br><div>> To: wtz@worldtimezone.com; tz@iana.org<br>> From: eggert@cs.ucla.edu<br>> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:53:56 -0800<br>> Subject: Re: [tz] Astrakhan region got approval to change its time zone<br>> <br>> On 02/12/2016 11:29 AM, Alexander Krivenyshev wrote:<br>> > http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/work/dz.nsf/ByID/DE3C735A7CF5622743257F56004250F4/<br>> > $File/91250509-91280822.pdf<br>> Thanks for the heads-up. It looks like we'll need a new zone <br>> Europe/Astrakhan, split off from the existing Europe/Volgograd. Will the <br>> new zone will switch from UTC+3 on 2016-03-27 at 02:00, to UTC+4? This <br>> detail is not in the above URL.<br>> <br>> In the tz database, rather than give the new zone an invented <br>> abbreviation like "ASTT" that does not correspond to existing practice, <br>> I'd like to get out of the name-inventing business and just use "+04".<br></div></div> </div></body>
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