[tz] Grouped country lists are confusing

[Paul Eggert]

On 2022-10-30 21:49, Magnus Fromreide wrote:
> I would like to know why there is any pre-1970 data
> in the files?

Because commonly-used APIs require data before 1970, and something needs 
to exist there. There's more on this topic at 
<https://data.iana.org/time-zones/theory.html#scope>.

> Is that not a value judgement that makes some countries seem
> more equal than others?

Only if one goes out of one's way to interpret things that way. It's 
certainly not the reason pre-1970 data entries are present.