[tz] Rename Ukrainian cities to their official transliterated names

Paul.Koning at dell.com Paul.Koning at dell.com
Wed Oct 3 16:42:47 UTC 2018


Please review the mailing list archives.  This exact topic has been discussed (and rejected) many times in the past, several times per year.

	paul


> On Oct 2, 2018, at 4:35 PM, Volodymyr Kostyrko <arcade at b1t.name> wrote:
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> Hello.
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> This is my first attempt on patching tz database. Hope I did everything right.
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> Included patch renames Kiev to Kyiv, Uzhgorod to Uzhhorod and Zaporozhye to Zaporizhzhia according to official transliteration rules that came in effect 2014. According to Google search most sites are already using Uzhhorod and Zaporizhzhia to name cities, while with Kyiv it's a little bit complicated, as it's the capital so it's name was appearing on a huge list of sites throughout years...
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> I'm just trying to bring a little bit of lawful sanity…
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
> <kyivnotkiev.patch>


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