From 805c31a0131e2193e4ac4edab9e3b787d418aab6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip Paeps Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 11:35:30 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify commentary on spelling Ukrainian names Spell "current conflict" as "the conflict that began in early 2022" to make this comment more future-proof. Replace the words "traditional" and "popular" with "common". --- europe | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/europe b/europe index 5bc99455..62991f09 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -4119,15 +4119,16 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # From Paul Eggert (2022-04-12): # As is usual in tzdb, Ukrainian zones use the most common English spellings. # In particular, tzdb's name Europe/Kyiv uses the most common spelling in -# English for Ukraine's capital. Although tzdb's former name was Europe/Kiev, -# "Kyiv" is now more common due to widespread reporting of the current conflict. -# Conversely, tzdb continues to use traditional spellings in Europe/Uzhgorod and -# Europe/Zaporozhye; this is similar to tzdb's use of Europe/Prague, which is -# certainly wrong as a transliteration of the Czech "Praha". +# English for Ukraine's capital. Although tzdb formerly used Europe/Kiev, +# "Kyiv" became more common due to widespread English-language reporting on +# the conflict that began in early 2022. Conversely, tzdb continues to use +# Europe/Uzhgorod and Europe/Zaporozhye as these spellings are more common in +# English; this is similar to tzdb's use of Europe/Prague, which is certainly +# wrong as a transliteration of the Czech "Praha". # English-language spelling of Ukrainian names is in flux, and # some day "Uzhhorod" or "Zaporizhzhia" may become substantially more -# popular in English; in the meantime, stick with the traditional -# English spellings as that means less disruption for our users. +# common in English; in the meantime, stick with the existing English +# spellings as that means less disruption for our users. # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # This represents most of Ukraine. See above for the spelling of "Kyiv". -- 2.32.0 (Apple Git-132)