diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e217a50..3b4c3b8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Use "PST" and "PDT" for Philippine time. (Thanks to Paul Goyette.) + Changes to zone names + + Rename Europe/Kiev to Europe/Kyiv, Europe/Zaporozhye to Europe/Zaporizhzhia + and Europe/Uzhgorod to Europe/Uzhhorod with a backward compatibility link. + Changes to code zic now always generates TZif files where time type 0 is used for diff --git a/backward b/backward index 51e10f4..b7db865 100644 --- a/backward +++ b/backward @@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ Link America/Havana Cuba Link Africa/Cairo Egypt Link Europe/Dublin Eire Link Europe/London Europe/Belfast +Link Europe/Kyiv Europe/Kiev Link Europe/Chisinau Europe/Tiraspol +Link Europe/Uzhhorod Europe/Uzhgorod +Link Europe/Zaporizhzhia Europe/Zaporozhye Link Europe/London GB Link Europe/London GB-Eire Link Etc/GMT GMT+0 diff --git a/europe b/europe index fba611f..906849b 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -3858,12 +3858,26 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # * Ukrainian Government's Resolution of 20.03.1992, No. 139. # http://www.uazakon.com/documents/date_8u/pg_grcasa.htm +#��From Volodymyr Kostyrko (2018-10-02) +# Long years ago Ukraine was considered to be a part of Russia and most city +# names were transliterated from Russian language, not Ukrainian. Nowadays +# original transliteration is slowly taking its place. According to the current +# rules # it should be written 'Kyiv', not 'Kiev', and 'Zaporizhzhia', not +# 'Zaporozhye'. +# +# https://mfa.gov.ua/en/page/open/id/5418 +# http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0957-14 +# +# As of right now 'Zaporizhzhia' is already twice more popular on Google +# then 'Zaporozhye' and 'Uzhhorod' is ten times more popular then 'Uzhgorod'. +# Yet 'Kiev' is still more popular, but 'Kyiv' tends to gain popularity. + # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -# Most of Ukraine since 1970 has been like Kiev. +# Most of Ukraine since 1970 has been like Kyiv. # "Kyiv" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but # "Kiev" is more common in English. -Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880 - 2:02:04 - KMT 1924 May 2 # Kiev Mean Time +Zone Europe/Kyiv 2:02:04 - LMT 1880 + 2:02:04 - KMT 1924 May 2 # Kyiv Mean Time 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 3:00 - MSK 1941 Sep 20 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1943 Nov 6 @@ -3872,9 +3886,9 @@ Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 2:00 EU EE%sT # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991. -# "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Rusyn/Ukrainian pronunciation, but -# "Uzhgorod" is more common in English. -Zone Europe/Uzhgorod 1:29:12 - LMT 1890 Oct +# "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Rusyn/Ukrainian pronunciation, and +# "Uzhgorod" is less common in English. +Zone Europe/Uzhhorod 1:29:12 - LMT 1890 Oct 1:00 - CET 1940 1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Oct 1:00 1:00 CEST 1944 Oct 26 @@ -3885,12 +3899,13 @@ Zone Europe/Uzhgorod 1:29:12 - LMT 1890 Oct 2:00 - EET 1992 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 2:00 EU EE%sT -# Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991. -# "Zaporizhia" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but -# "Zaporozh'ye" is more common in English. Use the common English +# Zaporizhzhia and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991. +# "Zaporizhia" is other variant of transliteration, quite popular too +# yet "Zaporizhzhia"��is the official transliteration of the Ukrainian name, and +# "Zaporozh'ye"/"Zaporozhye" is less common in English. Use the common English # spelling, except omit the apostrophe as it is not allowed in # portable Posix file names. -Zone Europe/Zaporozhye 2:20:40 - LMT 1880 +Zone Europe/Zaporizhzhia 2:20:40 - LMT 1880 2:20 - +0220 1924 May 2 2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21 3:00 - MSK 1941 Aug 25 diff --git a/theory.html b/theory.html index 83fba5b..358a9d6 100644 --- a/theory.html +++ b/theory.html @@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ in decreasing order of importance: HMT Havana, Helsinki, Horta, Howrah; IMT Irkutsk, Istanbul; JMT Jerusalem; - KMT Kaunas, Kiev, Kingston; + KMT Kaunas, Kyiv, Kingston; LMT Lima, Lisbon, local, Luanda; MMT Macassar, Madras, Mal��, Managua, Minsk, Monrovia, Montevideo, Moratuwa, Moscow; diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index dcb6e1d..f6ccc0e 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -394,9 +394,9 @@ TT +1039-06131 America/Port_of_Spain TV -0831+17913 Pacific/Funafuti TW +2503+12130 Asia/Taipei TZ -0648+03917 Africa/Dar_es_Salaam -UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kiev Ukraine (most areas) -UA +4837+02218 Europe/Uzhgorod Ruthenia -UA +4750+03510 Europe/Zaporozhye Zaporozh'ye/Zaporizhia; Lugansk/Luhansk (east) +UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kyiv Ukraine (most areas) +UA +4837+02218 Europe/Uzhhorod Ruthenia +UA +4750+03510 Europe/Zaporizhzhia Zaporozh'ye/Zaporizhia; Lugansk/Luhansk (east) UG +0019+03225 Africa/Kampala UM +2813-17722 Pacific/Midway Midway Islands UM +1917+16637 Pacific/Wake Wake Island diff --git a/zone1970.tab b/zone1970.tab index 7c86fb6..2dd4e02 100644 --- a/zone1970.tab +++ b/zone1970.tab @@ -338,9 +338,9 @@ TR +4101+02858 Europe/Istanbul TT,AG,AI,BL,DM,GD,GP,KN,LC,MF,MS,VC,VG,VI +1039-06131 America/Port_of_Spain TV -0831+17913 Pacific/Funafuti TW +2503+12130 Asia/Taipei -UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kiev Ukraine (most areas) -UA +4837+02218 Europe/Uzhgorod Ruthenia -UA +4750+03510 Europe/Zaporozhye Zaporozh'ye/Zaporizhia; Lugansk/Luhansk (east) +UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kyiv Ukraine (most areas) +UA +4837+02218 Europe/Uzhhorod Ruthenia +UA +4750+03510 Europe/Zaporizhzhia Zaporozh'ye/Zaporizhia; Lugansk/Luhansk (east) UM +1917+16637 Pacific/Wake Wake Island US +404251-0740023 America/New_York Eastern (most areas) US +421953-0830245 America/Detroit Eastern - MI (most areas)