[tz] Europe/Volgograd timezone changes in Russia

[Brian Inglis]

On 2020-12-01 03:54, Novoselov, Iliya wrote:
> ​Hello,
> 
> We’re writing you on behalf of Russian software developer - Nexign, and all of 
> its clients. Your IANA DB is used in our products as an industrial standart.
> 
> The reason of this email is that Russian government is about to decide to change 
> the  Europe/Volgograd timezone from +4 to +3. This is going to affect our 
> software and our customers, so we would like to know:
> 
> 1.Are you aware of this changes?
> 
> 2.Has the patch of IANA DB been planned already? If not, what should be done for 
> that to happen, and how can we help?

Please check the list archives before posting - already notified:

https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2020-November/029525.html

as the replies indicate, patch waiting in repo:

https://github.com/eggert/tz/commit/271d9438bc43550672c4020352b0fdcea2822737

for State Duma to pass bill, before official release.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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