Information wanted #1: time zone names in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine

Moore, Martin (HAS BCS) martin.moore at hp.com
Tue Sep 27 12:27:16 UTC 2011


Is there a reason not to name the new zone(s) for the country or countries in which they apply?  Either:

1. "Ukraine-Belarus Time" (UBT or UBST) in both countries, or the other way around with Belarus first.

Or:

2. "Ukraine Standard Time" (UST) in Ukraine and "Belarus Standard Time" (BST) in Belarus.

There would appear to be no problem with having multiple names for the same offset; UTC+3 already has at least two other designations in the database, for Arabia (AST) and East Africa (EAT).

Martin



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