On Wednesday, March 19 2014, "Paul Eggert" wrote to "Alexander Krivenyshev, tz@iana.org" saying:
Thanks again. I pushed the attached patch to the experimental repository, and we'll need to generate a new official release soon.
+RU +4457+03406 Europe/Simferopol Moscow+00 - Crimea
-UA +4457+03406 Europe/Simferopol central Crimea
I see you're assuming that Europe/Simferopol covers all of Crimea, not just "central Crimea". Have we confirmed that this is in fact exactly the same area that engaged in the 1994-1997 switch to Moscow time? And if so, why did the region end up being described as "central Crimea" in zone.tab? I note also that Sevastopol is slightly larger in population than Simferopol, according to Wikipedia (though they're pretty close), and I would assert is better-known in English. I'm worried that the choice of Simferopol as the representative for "central Crimea" meant that Sevastopol did *not* engage in the 1994-1997 time change. -- Jonathan Lennox lennox@cs.columbia.edu