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

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Wed Dec 11 23:37:31 UTC 2019


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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