From a discussion I had with a colleague:
North Nicosia is probably OK for current purposes. But, if reunification happens, the term "North Nicosia" will be as relevant as "East Berlin" is now, and people might be confused by a city name that was formerly split. I would pick "Asia/Famagusta", the largest city entirely within the TRNC, and the major seaport, in the interest of being more clear. Thoughts? -Matt ________________________________ From: tz-bounces@iana.org <tz-bounces@iana.org> on behalf of Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 9:52 AM To: Jonathan Lennox Cc: Time Zone Mailing List Subject: Re: [tz] Cyprus is splitting into two time zones On 10/31/2016 09:50 AM, Jonathan Lennox wrote:
Since there is a Europe/Nicosia link, presumably there should be a Europe/North_Nicosia link as well?
I'd rather not. In hindsight the Europe/Nicosia link was a mistake, and let's not compound it.