[tz] Timezone error (Kyiv not Kiev)

Derick Rethans tz at derickrethans.nl
Tue Jul 5 22:03:40 UTC 2022


On 5 July 2022 22:50:01 BST, Petro Ord via tz <tz at iana.org> wrote:
>> “Mainstream English spelling” refers to how a word is typically spelled in English-language contexts.
>It does not say so, it is your interpretation.
>
>> It is neither of those, and you are far out of line for making these baseless accusations about my intent or that of anyone else on this list.
>You may think differently or have other intent, but it does not change
>the fact that prompt updated in Crimea in 2014 and persistent
>KyivNotKiev error are done for political reason in favor of terrorist
>country - russia

No. It was updated because information on the ground indicates that the local time had changed. 

Reading anything else into this is incorrect. 

Now please shut up and wait until a next release of tzdata is made. 

cheers 
Derick 



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