[tz] Preparing to fork tzdb

[Stephen Colebourne]

On Tue, 21 Sept 2021 at 20:44, Paul Eggert via tz <tz at iana.org> wrote:
> On 9/21/21 12:33 PM, Stephen Colebourne via tz wrote:
> > The current unreleased state of tzdb is
> > that it favours some countries over others, such as Germany over
> > Sweden/Norway.
>
> It also "favors" some states over others, such as Arizona (which has the
> America/Phoenix Zone) over Utah (which has no Zone). It's the same
> argument, and it's an equally invalid argument as far as timekeeping goes.

No, this is patent nonsense. A US state is not of the same importance
as a country.

Stephen