[tz] From (ISO3166-1 alpha2 + ISO3166-2) country+region code to timezone?

[Brian Inglis]

On 2020-11-29 16:37, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 11/29/20 1:53 PM, Joseph Ernest via tz wrote:
>> How is it possible to get the timezone for a specific datetime and 
>> a (ISO3166-1 alpha2, ISO3166-2) pair, i.e. a country code + region code ?
> 
> Country code + region code won't suffice, since time zone boundaries do not 
> always respect region boundaries.
> 
> If you start with geolocation instead, you'll have better luck. See:
> 
> https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tz-link.html#boundaries

And there are municipalities on political and time zone boundaries where they 
just pick one of the adjacent zones for pragmatic reasons.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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