[tz] [PROPOSED] Merge timezones that are alike since 1970

[Guy Harris]

On May 22, 2021, at 11:33 AM, Paul Eggert via tz <tz at iana.org> wrote:

> On 5/22/21 11:17 AM, Tim Parenti wrote:
>> In particular, the latter group (things
>> like America/La_Paz -> Etc/GMT+4) seems to encourage things or behaviors
>> which historically cause confusion, especially for novices:
> 
> We could avoid these problems by merging Etc/GMT+4 into America/La_Paz

I.e., have Etc/GMT+4 be a link to America/La_Paz?

If so, presumably we'd remember to break the link if Bolivia decides to adopt DST.