[tz] [PROPOSED] Merge timezones that are alike since 1970
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Sat May 29 23:58:08 UTC 2021
On 5/29/21 7:18 AM, David Braverman via tz wrote:
> And why do we think users won't want to get accurate wall-clock time for times before Unix 0? Astronomy (and astrology) and historical research are just two (three) disciplines that need historical wall-clock time.
These users will continue to get sort-of-accurate time, which is all
they're getting now. No serious astronomer etc. should expect accurate
German wall-clock time from TZ='Europe/Berlin' for pre-1970 timestamps,
and the same is true for Sweden, Kosovo, etc.
> Removing them is nothing more than an aesthetic decision, but one that will break thousands of applications, confuse users, and cause a public-relations nightmare for our merry band of volunteers.
We've been moving out-of-scope historical data to 'backzone' for years.
It's worked just fine.
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