Re: [tz] Pre-1970 data

Brian Park via tz said:

4) So maybe the solution is to use 2-letter or 3-letter ISO codes, instead of the shortened, quasi-English versions of the country names. So we get things like "CA/Eastern" or "CAN/Eastern", instead of "Canada/Eastern". Not very satisfying for Canadians or many other countries (except for Americans whose ISO codes "US" and "USA" match their colloquial usage perfectly).

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