Follow up to "Proposal to use Asia/Tel_Aviv for Israel - Jerusalem is not internationally recognized as part of Israel" http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2013-April/019134.html ----------- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22395494 <citation> Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said: "We're changing the name 'Palestinian Territories' to 'Palestine' across our products. We consult a number of sources and authorities when naming countries. "In this case, we are following the lead of the UN, Icann [the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers], ISO [International Organisation for Standardisation] and other international organisations." </citation> That is not a territorial issue, but it also shows that usage of terminology related to Israel/Palestina by UN, ICANN, ISO and "other international organisation" may play a role for other entities. What is the reason that the IANA time zone database keeps Jerusalem as Israel territory as introduced by Arthur David Olson around 1996? (https://github.com/eggert/tz/commit/65a7988fe8b4007023ef2130064421eacd263e4c) -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com