[tz] Anticipated strategy for handling US state DST rule changes

[Marc Sackeli]

Guy, Paul,

Thanks for the follow ups. I've read the doc that Guy sent over and it
helped put things into context, especially the directory usage.

On 12/11/19 3:37 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> We will be in trouble if the state of New York splits,
> since America/New_York cannot be a directory name.
That is a tricky scenario. Thankfully that type of naming overlap seems
like an outlier. I'd like to think we are OK there given New York's
position within EST.

On a side note, how are you both extracting and formatting my quotes so
nicely in your replies? I manually made mine to match your format.

Best,
Marc

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 3:37 PM Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> On 12/11/19 3:30 PM, Marc Sackeli wrote:
> >  From the looks of it, state names are only used when the state itself
> > doesn't adhere to a single timezone.
>
> Yes, but that's for directory names, e.g., America/Indiana/Petersburg;
> there is no America/Indiana zone. This is more to handle
> ambiguity/obscurity.
>
> We will be in trouble if the state of New York splits, since
> America/New_York cannot be a directory name.
>
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