From 4368251ebf11310a4aadccd1910daeac9080c501 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 11:11:02 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED PATCH] Rename Asia/Rangoon to Asia/Yangon "Yangon" is now by far the most popular name in English text. Suggested by David Massoud in: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-September/024094.html * NEWS: Document this. * asia (Asia/Yangon): Rename from Asia/Rangoon. * backward (Asia/Rangoon): New backward-compatibility link. * zone.tab, zone1970.tab: Adjust to renaming. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ asia | 2 +- backward | 1 + zone.tab | 2 +- zone1970.tab | 2 +- 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a4af3b2..257b6ee 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes was replaced by +05, whereas MSK and MSD were kept as they are not our invention and are widely used. + Changes to zone names + + Rename Asia/Rangoon to Asia/Yangon, with a backward compatibility link. + (Thanks to David Massoud.) + Changes to code zic no longer generates binary files containing POSIX TZ-like diff --git a/asia b/asia index e285326..71ef878 100644 --- a/asia +++ b/asia @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ Zone Asia/Brunei 7:39:40 - LMT 1926 Mar # Bandar Seri Begawan # Milne says 6:24:40 was the meridian of the time ball observatory at Rangoon. # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -Zone Asia/Rangoon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Yangon +Zone Asia/Yangon 6:24:40 - LMT 1880 # or Rangoon 6:24:40 - RMT 1920 # Rangoon Mean Time? 6:30 - BURT 1942 May # Burma Time 9:00 - JST 1945 May 3 diff --git a/backward b/backward index aab237a..aa23dd8 100644 --- a/backward +++ b/backward @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Link Asia/Shanghai Asia/Harbin Link Asia/Urumqi Asia/Kashgar Link Asia/Kathmandu Asia/Katmandu Link Asia/Macau Asia/Macao +Link Asia/Yangon Asia/Rangoon Link Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh Asia/Saigon Link Asia/Jerusalem Asia/Tel_Aviv Link Asia/Thimphu Asia/Thimbu diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index bf1bb71..cf774b5 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ MH +0709+17112 Pacific/Majuro Marshall Islands (most areas) MH +0905+16720 Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein MK +4159+02126 Europe/Skopje ML +1239-00800 Africa/Bamako -MM +1647+09610 Asia/Rangoon +MM +1647+09610 Asia/Yangon MN +4755+10653 Asia/Ulaanbaatar Mongolia (most areas) MN +4801+09139 Asia/Hovd Bayan-Olgiy, Govi-Altai, Hovd, Uvs, Zavkhan MN +4804+11430 Asia/Choibalsan Dornod, Sukhbaatar diff --git a/zone1970.tab b/zone1970.tab index 49f0b0b..b7372cf 100644 --- a/zone1970.tab +++ b/zone1970.tab @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ MC +4342+00723 Europe/Monaco MD +4700+02850 Europe/Chisinau MH +0709+17112 Pacific/Majuro Marshall Islands (most areas) MH +0905+16720 Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein -MM +1647+09610 Asia/Rangoon +MM +1647+09610 Asia/Yangon MN +4755+10653 Asia/Ulaanbaatar Mongolia (most areas) MN +4801+09139 Asia/Hovd Bayan-Ölgii, Govi-Altai, Hovd, Uvs, Zavkhan MN +4804+11430 Asia/Choibalsan Dornod, Sükhbaatar -- 2.7.4