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get_global('zone_territories') content vs Wikipedia 'canonical' tz names #1218
Description
I noticed that get_global('zone_territories').keys() is missing some entries found in pytz.common_timezones, some of which are green 'canonical' rows on the table here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
for example America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
or there is Europe/Kiev but no Europe/Kyiv, where Wikipedia says the latter is canonical and the former a link
Does babel want to be fixing these issues? Or it relies on some upstream source that needs fixing/updating?
Below are all the tz names from pytz.common_timezones that lack a key in babel zone territories:
['Africa/Asmara',
'America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires',
'America/Argentina/Catamarca',
'America/Argentina/Cordoba',
'America/Argentina/Jujuy',
'America/Argentina/Mendoza',
'America/Atikokan',
'America/Coyhaique',
'America/Indiana/Indianapolis',
'America/Kentucky/Louisville',
'America/Nuuk',
'Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh',
'Asia/Kathmandu',
'Asia/Kolkata',
'Asia/Yangon',
'Atlantic/Faroe',
'Canada/Atlantic',
'Canada/Central',
'Canada/Eastern',
'Canada/Mountain',
'Canada/Newfoundland',
'Canada/Pacific',
'Europe/Kyiv',
'GMT',
'Pacific/Chuuk',
'Pacific/Kanton',
'Pacific/Pohnpei',
'US/Alaska',
'US/Arizona',
'US/Central',
'US/Eastern',
'US/Hawaii',
'US/Mountain',
'US/Pacific',
'UTC']or if I extract the 'canonical' tz names from the Wikipedia page then the missing ones are:
{'America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires',
'America/Argentina/Catamarca',
'America/Argentina/Cordoba',
'America/Argentina/Jujuy',
'America/Argentina/Mendoza',
'America/Coyhaique',
'America/Indiana/Indianapolis',
'America/Kentucky/Louisville',
'America/Nuuk',
'Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh',
'Asia/Kathmandu',
'Asia/Kolkata',
'Asia/Yangon',
'Atlantic/Faroe',
'Europe/Kyiv',
'Factory',
'Pacific/Kanton'}
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anentropic commented on Jul 3, 2025
well, if I then go back and parse the "Link" names and the canonical tz they link to...
in all but two cases the missing canonical names are present in zone territories but as one of the non-canonical link aliases
the two canonical names with no corresponding link alias in zone territories are
Use canonical IANA zone names in zone_territories
Use canonical IANA zone names in zone_territories
akx commented on Jul 8, 2025
Good catch! Please see #1220.
Use canonical IANA zone names in zone_territories
Use canonical IANA zone names in zone_territories (#1220)