From c6c18a432298874f2fdd4ad90df90d615f5846fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 13:24:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 04/47] More Ruthenia replacement MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This follows up on an earlier patch in March, which replaced “Ruthenia” with “Transcarpathia” but missed a couple of instances. * europe: Ruthenia→Transcarpathia in commentary here, too. * theory.html: Switch to Europe/Prague as a more easily-understood example. --- europe | 2 +- theory.html | 10 ++++------ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/europe b/europe index 5593c60..91949d6 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -3983,7 +3983,7 @@ Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880 2:00 1:00 EEST 1991 Sep 29 3:00 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995 2:00 EU EE%sT -# Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991. +# Transcarpathia used CET 1990/1991. # "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Rusyn/Ukrainian pronunciation, but # "Uzhgorod" is more common in English. Zone Europe/Uzhgorod 1:29:12 - LMT 1890 Oct diff --git a/theory.html b/theory.html index c0e6f02..ffa3b4d 100644 --- a/theory.html +++ b/theory.html @@ -115,17 +115,15 @@ Each timezone has a name that uniquely identifies the timezone. Inexperienced users are not expected to select these names unaided. Distributors should provide documentation and/or a simple selection interface that explains each name via a map or via descriptive text like -"Ruthenia" instead of the timezone name "Europe/Uzhgorod". +"Czech Republic" instead of the timezone name "Europe/Prague". If geolocation information is available, a selection interface can locate the user on a timezone map or prioritize names that are geographically close. For an example selection interface, see the tzselect program in the tz code. -The Unicode Common Locale Data +The Unicode Common Locale Data Repository contains data that may be useful for other selection -interfaces; it maps timezone names like Europe/Uzhgorod -to CLDR names like uauzh which are in turn mapped to -locale-dependent strings like "Uzhhorod", "Ungvár", "Ужгород", and -"乌日哥罗德". +interfaces; it maps timezone names like Europe/Prague to +locale-dependent strings like "Prague", "Praha", "Прага", and "布拉格".

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