America/Edmonton and other zone naming issues

[Paul Eggert]

Mark Davis <mark.davis at icu-project.org> writes:

> What would be even better would be physical boundaries for each given
> zone.

Yes, that would be very nice.  Every now and then someone proposes
this, and it's a good idea.  The most detailed proposal I know of is
Royer's; see
<ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/internet-drafts/draft-royer-timezone-registry-03.txt>.

Alas, nobody has had time to do it yet.  It'd be a lot of work,
unfortunately.