[tz] Pedantic correction to Theory regarding size of time zone names

[Howard Hinnant]

On Jul 15, 2017, at 9:24 PM, Tim Parenti <tim at timtimeonline.com> wrote:
> 
> On 15 July 2017 at 21:02, Howard Hinnant <howard.hinnant at gmail.com> wrote:
> I recommend simply changing the 14 to 17.
> 
> No.  The 14-character restriction comes from early Unix.
> 
> To be a bit pedantic in return, two sentences later, the guideline refers to "Exceptions: see the discussion of legacy names below."  At line 157: "Older versions of this package defined legacy names that are incompatible with the first rule of location names, but which are still supported."  This includes Canada/East-Saskatchewan.  Further, at line 135: "Do not change established names if they only marginally violate the above rules."
> 
> In general, the rules in Theory reflect how zones should be managed moving forward, not necessarily how they always were.

Ok, thanks.

Howard

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