June 1, 2019
3 a.m.
Brian Inglis wrote:
For the current period of Ramadan where some time zones vary, what should the label be now: the equivalent of Location Ramadan Time, and should the preceding or following period label be Location Summer Time?
That naming convention would not hold up, I'm afraid. Although Ramadan occurs during northern-hemisphere summer this year, the Islamic calendar is lunar and does not stay in sync with the Gregorian calendar, and by 2026 Ramadan will be occurring during northern-hemisphere winter. We don't have to worry about inventing a naming convention for this in tzdb, as it is using the labels +01 and +00 for time in Morocco.