[tz] "official" zone name alternatives via Link records

Paul Goyette paul at whooppee.com
Fri Feb 12 15:37:31 UTC 2021


On Fri, 12 Feb 2021, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> Alois Treindl said:
>> If the meaning of Link records in the main files were expanded to also
>> indicate
>> alternative zone names, then an entry in file europe
>
> But *which* alternative names? Can I request Europe/Cambridge?
> Europe/Swavesey? Europe/Benbecula?
>
> As Paul wrote:
>>>> I don't still don't understand why there is reluctance to add
>>>> LINK entries. Wouldn't that resolve most of these requests?
>>>
>>> We'd keep getting requests,

This is the whole point of my previous suggestion to conditionally
include a local file which the consumer owns and maintains.


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