* NEWS: Mention this. * europe (Europe/Volgograd, Europe/Kirov): Use the abbreviations MSK/MSD when using Moscow time, since that’s what other Russian timezones do. This fixes an inconsistency introduced in 2016g. --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ europe | 18 +++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7bd80803..fc35046c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes since 1970. (Thanks to Almaz Mingaleev.) This affects some pre-1948 timestamps. The old data are now in 'backzone'. + Changes to past time zone abbreviations + + When observing Moscow time, Europe/Kirov and Europe/Volgograd now + use the abbreviations MSK/MSD instead of numeric abbreviations, + for consistency with other timezones observing Moscow time. + Changes to code You can now tell tzselect local time, to simplify later choices. diff --git a/europe b/europe index 89bc3a28..b784d0ee 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -2656,13 +2656,13 @@ Zone Europe/Volgograd 2:57:40 - LMT 1920 Jan 3 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21 4:00 - +04 1961 Nov 11 4:00 Russia +04/+05 1988 Mar 27 2:00s - 3:00 Russia +03/+04 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 4:00 - +04 1992 Mar 29 2:00s - 3:00 Russia +03/+04 2011 Mar 27 2:00s - 4:00 - +04 2014 Oct 26 2:00s - 3:00 - +03 2018 Oct 28 2:00s + 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27 2:00s + 4:00 - MSK 2014 Oct 26 2:00s + 3:00 - MSK 2018 Oct 28 2:00s 4:00 - +04 2020 Dec 27 2:00s - 3:00 - +03 + 3:00 - MSK # From Paul Eggert (2016-11-11): # Europe/Saratov covers: @@ -2693,11 +2693,11 @@ Zone Europe/Saratov 3:04:18 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 0:00u Zone Europe/Kirov 3:18:48 - LMT 1919 Jul 1 0:00u 3:00 - +03 1930 Jun 21 4:00 Russia +04/+05 1989 Mar 26 2:00s - 3:00 Russia +03/+04 1991 Mar 31 2:00s + 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 4:00 - +04 1992 Mar 29 2:00s - 3:00 Russia +03/+04 2011 Mar 27 2:00s - 4:00 - +04 2014 Oct 26 2:00s - 3:00 - +03 + 3:00 Russia MSK/MSD 2011 Mar 27 2:00s + 4:00 - MSK 2014 Oct 26 2:00s + 3:00 - MSK # From Tim Parenti (2014-07-03), per Oscar van Vlijmen (2001-08-25): # Europe/Samara covers... -- 2.37.2