Dear Colleagues, As a citizen of Tomsk, I would like to raise some questions concerning the recent addition of the Asia/Tomsk timezone. As you know, this time zone's abbreviation is all numeric: Zone Asia/Tomsk 5:39:51 - LMT 1919 Dec 22 6:00 - +06 1930 Jun 21 7:00 Russia +07/+08 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 6:00 Russia +06/+07 1992 Jan 19 2:00s 7:00 Russia +07/+08 2002 May 1 3:00 6:00 Russia +06/+07 2011 Mar 27 2:00s 7:00 - +07 2014 Oct 26 2:00s 6:00 - +06 2016 May 29 2:00s 7:00 - +07 In my opinion, it is bad for two reasons: 1. zic warns that 'warning: time zone abbreviation differs from POSIX standard (+06)' 2. Such an abbreviation is not user friendly and even borders on offensive. A locality deserves a name! Could we do something about Asia/Tomsk and other zones with share the same fate: Europe/Astrakhan, Europe/Kirov, Europe/Ulyanovsk, Asia/Barnaul? Thank you for your attention. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru