Bug#471305: "Asia/Saigon" (Vietnam) should be changed to "Asia/Hanoi"
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 04:23:20PM +0700, Jean Christophe André wrote:
> The name of "Saigon" (Vietnam) was changed in 1975, after the liberation
> from U.S.A., to the name of the Vietnamese President (Hồ Chí Minh) at
> that time: Ho Chi Minh City.
The comment from upstream is
# Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
# We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
> This city was, when the time zone information was created, the "main
> city" for Vietnam from the U.S.A. point of view. But now the "main city"
> from the Vietnamese government point of view really is "Hanoi" and so
> the time zone name really should be changed to "Asia/Hanoi".
You may wish to start participating in this mailing list thread to
convey your opinion:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/2122
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