[tz] Missing entry for Heard Island and MacDonald Islands

[Mark Davis ☕]

We do break zones by country code, even if the rules would be identical.

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On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Paul Goyette <pgoyette at juniper.net> wrote:

> Wouldn't we normally _not_ create a new zone until it diverges from its
> current zone?****
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> 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.****
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> *From:* tz-bounces at iana.org [mailto:tz-bounces at iana.org] *On Behalf Of *Mark
> Davis ?
> *Sent:* Friday, May 11, 2012 2:54 PM
> *To:* David Patte
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> *Subject:* Re: [tz] Missing entry for Heard Island and MacDonald Islands**
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> I also agree.
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> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:17 PM, David Patte <dpatte at relativedata.com>
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> I also agree****
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> On 2012-05-11 15:56, Paw Boel Nielsen wrote:****
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> I agree with Tobias a new zone for Heard Island and MacDonald Islands
> would be beneficial.****
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> Maybe because Etc/GMT-5 is adequate?****
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> Systems that are set to use "Etc/GMT-5" will not observe a change even if
> HM changes.****
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> From: tz-bounces at iana.org [mailto:tz-bounces at iana.org] On Behalf Of
> Tobias Conradi
> Sent: 11 May 2012 21:44
> To: tz at iana.org
> Subject: Re: [tz] Missing entry for Heard Island and MacDonald Islands
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> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Ian Abbott<abbotti at mev.co.uk>  wrote:****
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> If so, why is HM not covered?****
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> Maybe because Etc/GMT-5 is adequate?****
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> Systems that are set to use "Etc/GMT-5" will not observe a change even if
> HM changes.
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> I don't know whether HM observed UTC+5 during all the time since 1970.
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> That is an information the tzdb provides for many other ISO 3166-1
> regions, but for HM it fails to do so.
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