[tz] TZDB use cases

Clive D.W. Feather clive at davros.org
Tue Oct 5 07:54:14 UTC 2021


Guy Harris via tz said:
>> So, it turns out that there is, I believe, a critical difference here
>> between the US view of timezones and the European one. In the US,
>> timezones do not follow the boundary of the whole country, nor even
>> States.
> 
> Canada, Australia, Russia, and Brazil, possibly among others, say "hi!"

So do Cyprus, the Kingdom of Denmark, France, the Kingdom of the Netherlands,
Portugal, and Spain.

>> In Europe, by contrast, timezone boundaries are very much
>> driven by country boundaries.
> Except where they aren't.

Zigactly.

>> ie. in Europe, you can map location to country (typically easy to do)

Except when it isn't (several well-known examples).

-- 
Clive D.W. Feather          | If you lie to the compiler,
Email: clive at davros.org     | it will get its revenge.
Web: http://www.davros.org  |   - Henry Spencer
Mobile: +44 7973 377646


More information about the tz mailing list