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If there is indeed an "easier to maintain gain" by simply linking
certain time zones to one that has the same definition , no problems
there. Aldo I doubt to see much added value in doing so, most likely
it are rather stable definitions anyway.<br>
While the "official" boundary is 1970 I would personally not want to
get rid of any historical info (pre 1970) that is already there if
this is done.<br>
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Gunther<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23/05/2013 16:25, Mark Davis ☕
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roman',serif">While there have been a flurry of proposals on
this list, the current process and format has worked just fine
for many years. For every person pleased by any of these
proposals, I strongly suspect there will be at least one other
displeased—and probably many. (The people who are likely to
complain are also more likely to be members of this list,
while those who are content with the current system are less
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'times new
roman',serif">So on the principle that "if it ain't broke,
don't fix it", we'd be better off just leaving the system as
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Clive
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> Why do we have zones that track _cities'_ movements
from one timezone to<br>
> another?<br>
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We don't.<br>
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We *define* a timezone as being a geographical area where
all the clocks<br>
should always show the same time since 1970. Therefore a
city *never* moves<br>
from one timezone to another. If a geographical area should
have clocks<br>
showing different times in (say) April 1996, then that area
contains more<br>
than one time zone.<br>
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We do *NOT* use "timezone" to refer to *concepts* like
"Eastern Standard<br>
Time" or "British Summer Time"; let alone "North American
Eastern Time".<br>
(I think we have GMT+/-N zones, but that's because they are
used at sea and<br>
so have geographic meaning.)<br>
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We could add such zones, but these would be *additional*
timezones. A city<br>
would not move from the NACT zone to the NAET zone; rather,
it remains in<br>
its own zone, which shows the same time as NACT before the
transition date<br>
and the same time as NAET after it.<br>
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