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[Clive D.W. Feather]

dpatte via tz said:
>>    Only politics would require us to have a Zone for every ISO country.
>>    Timekeeping needs don't require it. Admittedly we used to have more
>>    Zones, but we've never had a Zone for every ISO country and no
>>    timekeeping need for such a rule has ever been demonstrated.
>    Perhaps current timekeeping does need it, but historical time based
>    research does, and that is our point.

Which is why you have the choice of 1970-onwards or everything-we-know.

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