Dec. 4, 2000
11:04 a.m.
The following was reported by Steve Minkin regarding the current time zone Asia/Dacca. Please note that Steve is not on this distribution list. Should the spelling for this time zone be changed? Should an alias be defined?
"Please note that about 10 years ago the spelling of the capital of bangladesh changed from Dacca to Dhaka. No one uses Dacca any more."
A search at www.un.org yields 30 hits on Dhaka and one on Dacca. The page http://www.xrefer.com/entry/501998, attributed to "The Macmillan Encyclopedia 2001, © Market House Books Ltd 2000," contains: "Dhaka (name until 1982: Dacca)." So...my sense is that the thing to change "Zone Asia/Dacca" to "Zone Asia/Dhaka" and add a "Link Asia/Dhaka Asia/Dacca" to the "backward" file. --ado