Correct timezone for the country of India
Hello, I was browsing through the tz database and I don't see a single city in the country of India for the timezone setting. Would you enlighten me as to why it is so? I am specifically looking at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones Could you please add "New Delhi" or "Mumbai" to the +5:30 UTC timezone list? Secondly, what is this "Indian/<island names> ? This is some old relic information that needs to be updated. None of those island have anything to do with India, so why keep the naming convention? I did go through one discussion in your achives: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-December/018488.html, but I couldn't see any reason why Mumbai or New Delhi cannot be added. I also could not find Asia/Calcutta in the list on current tz database. If I'm reading this wrong, please point me to the correct link. Thank you. Regards, Sujay
Hi, On Mar 4, 2015, at 4:08 PM, Sujay Phadke <sujay.phadke@gmail.com<mailto:sujay.phadke@gmail.com>> wrote: Could you please add "New Delhi" or "Mumbai" to the +5:30 UTC timezone list? Secondly, what is this "Indian/<island names> ? This is some old relic information that needs to be updated. None of those island have anything to do with India, so why keep the naming convention? There is an explanation of how the location names have been chosen in the tz distribution. (Note, Wikipedia is not the definitive location for this, you can download the most recent copy of the data at http://www.iana.org/time-zones) Here you can find the explanation: https://github.com/eggert/tz/blob/master/Theory#L398 I did go through one discussion in your achives: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-December/018488.html, but I couldn't see any reason why Mumbai or New Delhi cannot be added. I also could not find Asia/Calcutta in the list on current tz database. If I'm reading this wrong, please point me to the correct link. It is spelled Kolkata in the tz database, see here: https://github.com/eggert/tz/blob/master/asia#L876 kim
Sujay Phadke said:
I was browsing through the tz database and I don't see a single city in the country of India for the timezone setting. Would you enlighten me as to why it is so?
The zone is called "Asia/Kolkata".
I am specifically looking at this:
That is out of data; it refers to database version 2014b, whereas the current version is 2015a.
Secondly, what is this "Indian/<island names> ? This is some old relic information that needs to be updated. None of those island have anything to do with India, so why keep the naming convention?
"Indian" refers to the Indian Ocean, not to India. As far as I am aware, the Indian Ocean still exists.
I did go through one discussion in your achives: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-December/018488.html, but I couldn't see any reason why Mumbai or New Delhi cannot be added.
We don't need two names for the same zone. I don't think we should make the change just because populations have altered. That way lies madness as the most populous place keeps changing. -- Clive D.W. Feather | If you lie to the compiler, Email: clive@davros.org | it will get its revenge. Web: http://www.davros.org | - Henry Spencer Mobile: +44 7973 377646
On 3/6/2015 10:23 AM, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
Sujay Phadke said:
I was browsing through the tz database and I don't see a single city in the country of India for the timezone setting. Would you enlighten me as to why it is so?
The zone is called "Asia/Kolkata". ..and it is in fact listed, under country code "IN", in the Wikipedia page referenced.
I am specifically looking at this:
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