[tz] Bug in tzdata2012c/northamerica 2x Idaho County in America/Los_Angeles

Steve Jones stevejones at OnTimeZone.com
Mon May 21 18:26:07 UTC 2012


At 05:03 5/21/2012, Ian Abbott wrote:
>Except that Idaho City is in Boise County, which is covered by a 
>different rule, so maybe it's not referring to Idaho City after 
>all.  It all depends which rule covers Idaho City.
>
>So which rule covers Idaho City, America/Los_Angeles or America/Boise?
>
>Whichever rule it is, I guess the comment(s) could be improved.

Here is an image that shows Idaho County, Idaho City, and a magenta 
line indicating the path of the time zone border in that area:

<http://ontimezone.com/images/idahocounty.gif>http://ontimezone.com/images/idahocounty.gif 


It might be be more accurate to say "northeastern three-quarters of 
Idaho county", given the portion of the America/Boise rule which juts 
northwards to the west of the Salmon River.

Cheers,

Steve Jones  
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