<div>On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 13:34, Paul Eggert <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eggert@cs.ucla.edu">eggert@cs.ucla.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
<div id=":1eu">It might be better to pick the most populous location in<br>the West Bank where there is a reasonable working consensus<br>about the time of day.</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>This is perhaps one of the best points in this thread. Regardless of what any previous "theory" recommendations would point to, the practical implications of defining a canonical location for a consistent set of time zone rules by using a city where the definition of "time of day" isn't even half as stable should be obvious. Not diminishing the merits of other cities suggested for this purpose, I think it's becoming clear that Hebron is the next most reasonable choice.</div>
<div><br></div><div>On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:49, John Hawkinson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhawk@mit.edu">jhawk@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
<div id=":1e0">Unless you happen to live in one of the capital/populous cities<br>we have designated, people think of their time zone as designated by<br>their political authority. Having to pick a city that you know is<br>
not-where-you-are is always somewhat of a humbling exercise.</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>While this may perhaps be the case, the goal has been only to pick a reasonable location that is <i>representative</i> of each set of time zone rules. As the time in East Jerusalem, being split amongst official and nonofficial uses, is somewhat ill-defined, it is not a good candidate to fulfill this role. Rather, residents of East Jerusalem could decide to use Asia/Jerusalem or Asia/Hebron (or even Asia/Gaza) for their own purposes, depending on how their particular allegiances may lie.</div>
<br clear="all">--<br>Tim Parenti<br>