On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:15:28AM +1100, Dancefire wrote: > So, how to make upstream make the modification? Using Asia/Shanghai or > Asia/Chongqing as representative of Beijing Time (also called Chinese > Standard Time - CST) is definitly not correct. see also "Time in > China" at wikipedia :
The upstream mailing list is described here: http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm Note that upstream's naming conventions are not designed to correspond to political conventions, but rather major cities in the appropriate time zone. Note that Asia/Shanghai and Asia/Chongqing are different timezones prior to 1980. > If we are not allowed to change the representative, then, at least, > Asia/Beijing should be added to the list, since it is official > standard, rather than any optional city. Central line, 120E, of GMT+8 > time zone cross through Asia/Beijing, this is why China Standard Time > also called Beijing Time. So, it quite wired to choose Shanghai or > Chongqing as Beijing Time to local people in China. > > At least add Asia/Beijing and link it to whatever strange city > representative of GMT+8 in upstream. If we come up with a new UI I'm sure we can include Beijing and Guangzhou and wherever else as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
