Hi. I am aware about tz database for a while, and today, during FreeBSD installation found out that it still propose ancient and non-usable zones like Ruthenia, Zaporozhye or Crimea for time zone in Ukraine, while for last years only one time zone exists at the whole Ukraine area (except Crimea for now). So, it would be nice to remove all of them except Ukraine/Kyiv, or is this not possible due to historical reasons (to keep history of all those time zones)? Also, the other issue is that in Ukrainian language correct spelling is Kyiv, not Kiev (russian pronunciation). It would be quite logical to change default zone to Europe/Kyiv. Thanks. -- Best regards, Nickolay Olshevsky
Nickolay, The zones you mention are retained for historical reasons; in particular, their timestamps differ in 1991 and years prior. See https://github.com/eggert/tz/blob/6eeb85f72939e58c34bf0140fe82993270964873/e... Additionally, tzdb uses the "mainstream English spelling" for place names wherever possible; "Kiev" is more common in English than "Kyiv". See https://github.com/eggert/tz/blob/cbea42a15974c395cf45dcf9bcee775c8833051b/T... -- Tim Parenti On 14 April 2014 17:14, Nickolay Olshevsky <o.nickolay@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi. I am aware about tz database for a while, and today, during FreeBSD installation found out that it still propose ancient and non-usable zones like Ruthenia, Zaporozhye or Crimea for time zone in Ukraine, while for last years only one time zone exists at the whole Ukraine area (except Crimea for now). So, it would be nice to remove all of them except Ukraine/Kyiv, or is this not possible due to historical reasons (to keep history of all those time zones)? Also, the other issue is that in Ukrainian language correct spelling is Kyiv, not Kiev (russian pronunciation). It would be quite logical to change default zone to Europe/Kyiv. Thanks.
-- Best regards, Nickolay Olshevsky
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014, at 17:14, Nickolay Olshevsky wrote:
Hi. I am aware about tz database for a while, and today, during FreeBSD installation found out that it still propose ancient and non-usable zones like Ruthenia, Zaporozhye or Crimea for time zone in Ukraine, while for last years only one time zone exists at the whole Ukraine area (except Crimea for now).
Ruthenia used a different timezone in 1990 and 1991. You may have files from 1990 or 1991, therefore you need to select that time zone to accurately display the time of day those files were created/modified. It sounds silly, but it's the design philosophy of the tz database. It's not like this doesn't happen in America. I'm from Indiana - look at how many timezones it has, instead of just using Chicago and New York. There are eight designated cities in indiana, plus areas where you are meant to use Chicago, Louisville, and New York. The US has 29 zones overall, when it "should" have only eight.
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