FW: Update for Asia/Calcutta timezone

Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov
Tue Jan 4 18:13:37 UTC 2011


I'm forwarding this message from Nicholas Alphonso, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately.

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From: Nicholas Alphonso [mailto:nichalp at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:50
To: tz at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Subject: Update for Asia/Calcutta timezone

I seek to update the name of the Asia/Calcutta timezone (+0530 UTC).

Why Calcutta was chosen in 1970 when Calcutta was India's most most populated city.

Since then, 

• Calcutta has been renamed Kolkata (2001)
• Mumbai (formerly Bombay) overtook Calcutta as India's most populous city (1991 census)
Note: Time in India is calculated from Mirzapur near the city of Allahabad.

I seek to change the name of the timezone to 
• Asia/Mumbai (based on the most populous city) OR
• Asia/New Delhi (capital of India, second most populated, more centrally located)

Regards,
Nicholas 



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