[tz] Volgograd is planning to change its time zone back to Moscow on December 20, 2020

[Tim Parenti]

Thanks.  I've also installed the attached further patch to the development
repository to adjust the comments in {zone,zone1970}.tab, since Volgograd
will be considered MSK+0 once again.

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Tim Parenti


On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 at 10:08, <wtz at worldtimezone.com> wrote:

> On 2020-11-27 20:01, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > On 11/27/20 1:23 PM, wtz at worldtimezone.com wrote:
> >> The State Duma approved (Nov 24, 2020) the transition of the Volgograd
> >> region to the Moscow time zone.
> >
> > Thanks for the heads-up. My reading of the tea leaves (admittedly from
> > a good distance away) is that it's significantly more likely for this
> > change to be approved than disapproved, so a proposed patch is
> > attached and I installed this into the development version on GitHub.
> >
> > Do you happen to know approximately when the change might be approved?
> > We could do a tzdb release soon after official approval.
>
> According official State Duma web site,
> Nov 30, 2020 is the deadline for submitting amendments within 7 days
> from the date of adoption of the resolution
> (Nov 24, 2020 - Bill was approved by the State Duma in the first
> reading).
> I will continue to monitor the progress of the Bill and will let you
> know.
> My guess that it will happen quickly as implementation date is Dec 20,
> 2020.
>
> Cheers
> Alexander Krivenyshev
> WorldTimeZone.com
>
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