proposed time zone package changes (Russia, Curacao)

[Jaakko Hyvätti]

On Thu, 16 Jun 2011, Philip Newton wrote:
> Also, isn't the rationale that countries tend to come and go, while
> cities tend to stay around (and tend to keep their name more
> consistently than countries do)?

I would think islands are like cities in this respect, they stay while 
countries come and like now.  I guess that's why looks likes all the 
Antilles zones have been named with islands.

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