[tz] Proposal for new rules
Stephen Colebourne
scolebourne at joda.org
Thu Aug 29 19:03:09 UTC 2013
A simple proposal to move forward from where we are with reliable new rules:
1) Each inhabited ISO-3166 region must have at least one fully defined
zone (LMT, pre and post 1970)
2) Links must not cross ISO-3166 region bouindaries
Some of the rules that would require reworking (not a complete list):
Europe/Busingen
America/Atikotan
America/Aruba
America/Anguilla
America/Port_of_Spain
Europe/Zagreb
Europe/Vatican
Note that America/Montreal does not require reworking as a result of
the first two new rules, although since it looks to have detailed
historical information it would be unwise to lose that. Therefore I
would add a third rule:
3) Existing pre-1970 data shall be respected
If accepted, then these rules would be encoded in the theory file.
Stephen
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