The best source to go by is the UN Statistics Division: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm. And according to that, Georgia is in Asia. (BTW, can someone fill me in on why the TZIDs have an attached continent in the first place? The only thing I can see is that it may make the TZID slightly less ambiguous than just the city name -- but *only* marginally less ambiguous: see for example http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=new+york. I'm not asking for it to be changed -- too much water under the bridge -- but I am curious as to the history.) Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI)" <olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov> To: "Tz (tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov)" <tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov> Cc: "Aiet Kolkhi" <aiet@qartuli.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 06:11 Subject: FW: Time Zone change in GEORGIA (Eastern Europe), time zone is now GMT+3 (no longer GMT+4)
Aiet Kolkhi is not on the time zone mailing list; direct replies appropriately.
The change of Georgia to GMT+3 is already reflected in tzdata2004e.tar.gz; the suggested move of Georgia to Europe from Asia is not.
--ado
-----Original Message----- From: Aiet Kolkhi [mailto:aiet@qartuli.net] Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 4:39 PM To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Time Zone change in GEORGIA (Eastern Europe), time zone is now GMT+3 (no longer GMT+4)
Hello,
There has been a time zone change in GEORGIA (capital: Tbilisi).
Georgia used to be a GMT+4 country, with DST rules just like Berlin or Paris, but since June 27, 2004, the newly-elected Parliament chose to set national time GEST one hour erlier, just like it was in the old days.
As a result, the timzone Georgia belongs is GMT+3 (+1 hour during Daylight Saiving Times, just like it is now). DST rules remain, i.e. DST starts on March 28 and ends on Oct. 31.
You may read BBC story about the change here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3843511.stm
Also, the information has been already corrected at timeanddate.com Here is the link to Tbilisi, Georgia: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=371
Another important notice: It would be more proper and politically correct to list Georgia in (East) Europe section and not in Asia. Georgia was considered Asian country due to improper information during Soviet times, but since the break-up of the Soviet, Georgia tends to be included in Europe rather than in Asia in more and more places. The BBC link I provided above for example also includes Georgia in Europian region. It is correct, since Georgia has always been more Europian country than Asian, with Christian religion since 4th AD and Europian traditions. Georgia is also a member of Europian Council and the EU flag is hanging next to the Georgian flag in front of Georgian Parliament :)
Please CC any inquiries/replies regarding this matter DIRECTLY to my address, as I'm not subscribed to this list.
Thank you.
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