[tz] A New Rule? (was McMurdo/South Pole)

[Alan Barrett]

On Sun, 22 Sep 2013, Bill Seymour wrote:
>>> I liked the syntax proposed by Andy Lipscomb ...
>>>
>>> Zone America/North_Dakota/New_Salem -6:45:39 - LMT 1883 Nov 18 12:14:21
>>>     =America/Denver        =    =    2003 Oct 26 02:00
>>>     =America/Chicago       =    =
>
> Can anyone think of a use case for "use this zone but with a 
> different set of rules"?

Yes, I can easily imagine wanting to say "Use the same GMTOFF as 
this other zone, but without DST rules."  It may be unlikely to be 
needed, but I wouldn't want the syntax to forbid that possibility.

--apb (Alan Barrett)