<font face="times new roman,serif">We do break zones by country code, even if the rules would be identical.<br clear="all"></font><font face="'times new roman', serif"><div style="background-color:transparent;margin-top:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-right:0px">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Paul Goyette <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pgoyette@juniper.net" target="_blank">pgoyette@juniper.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Wouldn't we normally _not_ create a new zone until it diverges from its current zone?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Which makes the historical "has it always been GMT-5" important. If that answer is yes, then there's no need (yet) for a new zone, but if there is an historical divergence then a new zone is warranted.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:tz-bounces@iana.org" target="_blank">tz-bounces@iana.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:tz-bounces@iana.org" target="_blank">tz-bounces@iana.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Davis ?<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 11, 2012 2:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> David Patte<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:tz@iana.org" target="_blank">tz@iana.org</a></span></p><div><div class="h5"><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [tz] Missing entry for Heard Island and MacDonald Islands<u></u><u></u></div>
</div><p></p></div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I also agree.<br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<hr size="3" width="100%" align="center"></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://plus.google.com/114199149796022210033" target="_blank">Mark</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —</i><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br><br><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:17 PM, David Patte <<a href="mailto:dpatte@relativedata.com" target="_blank">dpatte@relativedata.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I also agree<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br>On 2012-05-11 15:56, Paw Boel Nielsen wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I agree with Tobias a new zone for Heard Island and MacDonald Islands would be beneficial.<u></u><u></u></p>
<blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal">Maybe because Etc/GMT-5 is adequate?<u></u><u></u></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal">
Systems that are set to use "Etc/GMT-5" will not observe a change even if HM changes.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Paw<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:tz-bounces@iana.org" target="_blank">tz-bounces@iana.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:tz-bounces@iana.org" target="_blank">tz-bounces@iana.org</a>] On Behalf Of Tobias Conradi<br>
Sent: 11 May 2012 21:44<br>To: <a href="mailto:tz@iana.org" target="_blank">tz@iana.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [tz] Missing entry for Heard Island and MacDonald Islands<br><br>On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Ian Abbott<<a href="mailto:abbotti@mev.co.uk" target="_blank">abbotti@mev.co.uk</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal">If so, why is HM not covered?<u></u><u></u></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal">
Maybe because Etc/GMT-5 is adequate?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Systems that are set to use "Etc/GMT-5" will not observe a change even if HM changes.<br><br>I don't know whether HM observed UTC+5 during all the time since 1970.<br>
<br>That is an information the tzdb provides for many other ISO 3166-1 regions, but for HM it fails to do so.<br><br>--<br>Tobias Conradi<br>Rheinsberger Str. 18<br>10115 Berlin<br>Germany<br><br><a href="http://tobiasconradi.com/" target="_blank">http://tobiasconradi.com/</a><br>
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