[tz] Asia/Tomsk
Victor Sudakov
vas at mpeks.tomsk.su
Wed May 25 14:35:43 UTC 2016
Dear Colleagues,
As a citizen of Tomsk, I would like to raise some questions concerning
the recent addition of the Asia/Tomsk timezone. As you know, this time
zone's abbreviation is all numeric:
Zone Asia/Tomsk 5:39:51 - LMT 1919 Dec 22
6:00 - +06 1930 Jun 21
7:00 Russia +07/+08 1991 Mar 31 2:00s
6:00 Russia +06/+07 1992 Jan 19 2:00s
7:00 Russia +07/+08 2002 May 1 3:00
6:00 Russia +06/+07 2011 Mar 27 2:00s
7:00 - +07 2014 Oct 26 2:00s
6:00 - +06 2016 May 29 2:00s
7:00 - +07
In my opinion, it is bad for two reasons:
1. zic warns that 'warning: time zone abbreviation differs from POSIX standard (+06)'
2. Such an abbreviation is not user friendly and even borders on
offensive. A locality deserves a name!
Could we do something about Asia/Tomsk and other zones with share the
same fate: Europe/Astrakhan, Europe/Kirov, Europe/Ulyanovsk,
Asia/Barnaul?
Thank you for your attention.
--
Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
sip:sudakov at sibptus.tomsk.ru
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