[tz] RES: RES: Timezone for Brazil

[Doug Ewell]

Guy Harris wrote:

>> I think I made my idea clear about the need of a lighter approach.
>
> As Paul indicated, a simpler *IANA database timezone selector* might
> be useful.  Cutting back on IANA database timezones, however, won't
> work, for all the reasons indicated.

I agree that Paul’s solution of creating a ‘zonecurrent’ file, analogous to ‘zone1970’, would be the best solution from within the tz framework. Any solution that involves further elimination or consolidation of existing zones should be a non-starter. I hope I didn’t write anything that implied otherwise.

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