Time Zone Localizations

[Mark Davis]

Those pesky non-English speakers! But there is a point: simply because I don't
speak Russian does mean that I would have no occasion to see or use time zones
that happen to be in Russia.

Mark
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman at khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To: "Mark Davis" <mark.davis at jtcsv.com>
Cc: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman at khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>;
<tz at lecserver.nci.nih.gov>
Sent: Fri, 2004 Jun 11 15:49
Subject: Re: Time Zone Localizations


> <<On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:01:15 -0700, "Mark Davis" <mark.davis at jtcsv.com>
said:
>
> > ones that are different. It clutters up the UI and adds more translation
> > requirements if you need to distinguish non-modern zones.
>
> > Pacific/Honolulu;
> > America/Adak;
> > America/Anchorage,     America/Nome, America/Juneau, America/Yakutat;
> > America/Los_Angeles;
> > America/Phoenix;
> > America/Denver,     America/Boise;
> > America/Chicago,     America/North_Dakota/Center, America/Menominee;
> > America/Indianapolis,     America/Indiana/Knox, America/Indiana/Vevay,
> > America/Indiana/Marengo;
> > America/New_York,     America/Kentucky/Monticello, America/Detroit,
> > America/Louisville
>
> Well, except that you don't need to translate any of these, unless
> you're really interested in supporting `ko_US' or the like.  None of
> these are relevant to any other country.  Their existence should not
> cause a maintenance burden for other locales.  Likewise, there is no
> need to perform a Swahili translation for the multitude of Brazilian
> locales.
>
> -GAWollman
>
>