[tz] draft of change summary for next tz release

Alois Treindl alois at astro.ch
Wed Sep 18 14:46:13 UTC 2013


On 9/17/13 11:38 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:

>      Some zones have been turned into links, when they differ from
>      existing zones only in older data that was likely invented or that
>      differs only in LMT or transition from LMT.
>      ... Europe/Vaduz.


I have already pointed out that it is wrong to link Europe/Vaduz with 
Europe/Zurich

Vaduz (Liechtenstein) is a different country, with a different timezone 
history: no DST in 1941 and 1942. It should not be linked with Zurich, 
Switzerland.

I do not understand why the current zone for Vaduz, which is correct, 
should be thrown away and be replaced with a link to an incorrect zone.

This is against the Theory rules, as pre-1970 differences are supposed 
to be only ignored for areas belonging to the same country.



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