[tz] Anticipated strategy for handling US state DST rule changes
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Wed Dec 11 23:37:31 UTC 2019
On 12/11/19 3:30 PM, Marc Sackeli wrote:
> From the looks of it, state names are only used when the state itself
> doesn't adhere to a single timezone.
Yes, but that's for directory names, e.g., America/Indiana/Petersburg;
there is no America/Indiana zone. This is more to handle
ambiguity/obscurity.
We will be in trouble if the state of New York splits, since
America/New_York cannot be a directory name.
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