From e13e9c531fc48a04fb8d064acccc9f8ae68d5544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:22:41 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Rename Europe/Kiev to Europe/Kyiv MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Most recent English-language publications seem to use "Kyiv". Although I used Google to attempt to count how popular each spelling was, these attempts failed because Google now automatically searches for both spellings if you give either. Worse, it seems even to present results that alter the spelling. For example, I searched for "Kiev" (with quotes) and the first headline that Google News reported was "Boris Johnson Tours Kiev"; but when I visited the referenced article the headline was actually "Boris Johnson Tours Kyiv". In this situation, Google’s famed numeric counts don’t mean much. For what it’s worth, I counted results by hand in a plain Google search for Kiev in which I followed all the links, and 14 of the 19 hits in the first two pages of results preferred the spelling "Kyiv"; when I searched for Kyiv, every hit in the first two pages of results preferred "Kyiv". This indicates a strong preference for "Kyiv". * NEWS: Mention this. * backward (Europe/Kiev): New link. * europe, zone.tab, zone1970.tab (Europe/Kyiv): Rename from Europe/Kiev. --- NEWS | 8 ++++++++ backward | 1 + europe | 30 +++++++++++++++--------------- theory.html | 2 +- zone.tab | 2 +- zone1970.tab | 2 +- 6 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2a5ba99..1a8bed6 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ News for the tz database Unreleased, experimental changes + Briefly: + Rename Europe/Kiev to Europe/Kyiv. + + Changes to zone name + + Rename Europe/Kiev to Europe/Kyiv, as the latter name is + significantly more common in English now. + Changes to code zic now checks its input for NUL bytes and unterminated lines, and diff --git a/backward b/backward index 7685c74..a8fd620 100644 --- a/backward +++ b/backward @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Link Africa/Cairo Egypt Link Europe/Dublin Eire Link Etc/UTC Etc/UCT Link Europe/London Europe/Belfast +Link Europe/Kyiv Europe/Kiev Link Europe/Chisinau Europe/Tiraspol Link Europe/London GB Link Europe/London GB-Eire diff --git a/europe b/europe index 5051260..5bc9945 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -4116,23 +4116,23 @@ 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 Paul Eggert (2018-10-03): +# From Paul Eggert (2022-04-12): # As is usual in tzdb, Ukrainian zones use the most common English spellings. -# For example, tzdb uses Europe/Kiev, as "Kiev" is the most common spelling in -# English for Ukraine's capital, even though it is certainly wrong as a -# transliteration of the Ukrainian "Київ". This is similar to tzdb's use of -# Europe/Prague, which is certainly wrong as a transliteration of the Czech -# "Praha". ("Kiev" came from old Slavic via Russian to English, and "Prague" -# came from old Slavic via French to English, so the two cases have something -# in common.) Admittedly English-language spelling of Ukrainian names is -# controversial, and some day "Kyiv" may become substantially more popular in -# English; in the meantime, stick with the traditional English "Kiev" as that -# means less disruption for our users. +# In particular, tzdb's name Europe/Kyiv uses the most common spelling in +# English for Ukraine's capital. Although tzdb's former name was Europe/Kiev, +# "Kyiv" is now more common due to widespread reporting of the current conflict. +# Conversely, tzdb continues to use traditional spellings in Europe/Uzhgorod and +# Europe/Zaporozhye; this is similar to tzdb's use of Europe/Prague, which is +# certainly wrong as a transliteration of the Czech "Praha". +# English-language spelling of Ukrainian names is in flux, and +# some day "Uzhhorod" or "Zaporizhzhia" may become substantially more +# popular in English; in the meantime, stick with the traditional +# English spellings as that means less disruption for our users. # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] -# This represents most of Ukraine. See above for the spelling of "Kiev". -Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880 - 2:02:04 - KMT 1924 May 2 # Kiev Mean Time +# This represents most of Ukraine. See above for the spelling of "Kyiv". +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 @@ -4155,7 +4155,7 @@ Zone Europe/Uzhgorod 1:29:12 - LMT 1890 Oct 2:00 C-Eur EE%sT 1996 May 13 2:00 EU EE%sT # Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991. -# "Zaporizhia" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but +# "Zaporizhzhia" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but # "Zaporozh'ye" is more common in English. Use the common English # spelling, except omit the apostrophe as it is not allowed in # portable Posix file names. diff --git a/theory.html b/theory.html index 28cc88e..22cd36d 100644 --- a/theory.html +++ b/theory.html @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ 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, Malé, Managua, Minsk, Monrovia, Montevideo, Moratuwa, Moscow; diff --git a/zone.tab b/zone.tab index a80e5d7..1f73dda 100644 --- a/zone.tab +++ b/zone.tab @@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ 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 +5026+03031 Europe/Kyiv Ukraine (most areas) UA +4837+02218 Europe/Uzhgorod Transcarpathia UA +4750+03510 Europe/Zaporozhye Zaporozhye and east Lugansk UG +0019+03225 Africa/Kampala diff --git a/zone1970.tab b/zone1970.tab index 0df9cbe..aa7e9c4 100644 --- a/zone1970.tab +++ b/zone1970.tab @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ TO -210800-1751200 Pacific/Tongatapu TR +4101+02858 Europe/Istanbul TV -0831+17913 Pacific/Funafuti TW +2503+12130 Asia/Taipei -UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kiev Ukraine (most areas) +UA +5026+03031 Europe/Kyiv Ukraine (most areas) UA +4837+02218 Europe/Uzhgorod Transcarpathia UA +4750+03510 Europe/Zaporozhye Zaporozhye and east Lugansk UM +1917+16637 Pacific/Wake Wake Island -- 2.35.1