[Bug 1920987] Re: IANA tzdata file format cannot represent different country code for a given timezone in different time periods [ i.e. Europe/Simferopol country code changes ]; iso 3166-2 has no RU subdivisions for Crimea

[Alexander]

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Don't talk about philosophy, it doesn't suit you.

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Title:
  IANA tzdata file format cannot represent different country code for a
  given timezone in different time periods [ i.e. Europe/Simferopol
  country code changes ]; iso 3166-2 has no RU subdivisions for Crimea

Status in iso-codes package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  Europe/Simferopol,      Crimea is RUSSIA

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  Package: tzdata 2021a-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-11.12-generic 5.11.0
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu60
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Tue Mar 23 21:44:56 2021
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-03-21 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Alpha amd64 (20210321)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: tzdata
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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