Europe/Kaliningrad in 2011h

[Tim Parenti]

I had thought about this ambiguity back in March but got distracted by
Irkutsk's "non-change" before I could mention it.  I agree, this would be
quite confusing come October when Europe/Bucharest moves back to +02:00
(EET) and Europe/Kaliningrad stays on +03:00.  Following the system
currently used by most of the other Russian zones, KALT seems like a logical
choice for the identifier format.

--
Tim Parenti



On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:32, <yoshito_umaoka at us.ibm.com> wrote:

> In 2011h, the GMT offset of Europe/Kaliningrad was changed from 2:00 to
> 3:00 by the new Russian law.
>
> Zone Europe/Kaliningrad         1:22:00 -        LMT        1893 Apr
>                          1:00        C-Eur        CE%sT        1945
>                          2:00        Poland        CE%sT        1946
>                          3:00        Russia        MSK/MSD        1991 Mar
> 31 2:00s
>                          2:00        Russia        EE%sT        2011 Mar 27
> 2:00s
>                          3:00        -        EET
>
> The format - "EET" is used above, which is now different from other "EET"
> (generated from "EE%sT") used by Eastern European zones. For example, "10:00
> EET" in Europe/Bucharest after the daylight-standard transition in this fall
> is actually  "11:00 EET" in Europe/Kaliningrad.
>
> I think this is confusing and should use more distinctive format.
>
> -Yoshito
>
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