West Bank and the Gaza Strip will have different time zones

Tim Parenti tim at timtimeonline.com
Mon Sep 5 19:07:03 UTC 2011


On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 13:34, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> It might be better to pick the most populous location in
> the West Bank where there is a reasonable working consensus
> about the time of day.
>

This is perhaps one of the best points in this thread.  Regardless of what
any previous "theory" recommendations would point to, the practical
implications of defining a canonical location for a consistent set of time
zone rules by using a city where the definition of "time of day" isn't even
half as stable should be obvious.  Not diminishing the merits of other
cities suggested for this purpose, I think it's becoming clear that Hebron
is the next most reasonable choice.

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:49, John Hawkinson <jhawk at mit.edu> wrote:

> Unless you happen to live in one of the capital/populous cities
> we have designated, people think of their time zone as designated by
> their political authority. Having to pick a city that you know is
> not-where-you-are is always somewhat of a humbling exercise.
>

While this may perhaps be the case, the goal has been only to pick a
reasonable location that is *representative* of each set of time zone rules.
 As the time in East Jerusalem, being split amongst official and nonofficial
uses, is somewhat ill-defined, it is not a good candidate to fulfill this
role.  Rather, residents of East Jerusalem could decide to use
Asia/Jerusalem or Asia/Hebron (or even Asia/Gaza) for their own purposes,
depending on how their particular allegiances may lie.

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Tim Parenti
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