Sept. 21, 2021
7:54 p.m.
On 9/21/21 12:47 PM, Garrett Wollman wrote:
That sort of argument would be valid only if one accepted as an axiom that countries (or states) are an inherent part of timekeeping. Governments self-evidently are: they are why we even have time zones in the first place.
Of course governments determine civil-time rules, and these rules determine what goes into tzdb. But that does not mean that tzdb must include Zones for Utah, Idaho, Montana etc. merely because Arizona has an Zone. All it means is that we need to record governmental rules accurately and concisely. tzdb will continue to be easier to maintain and use if it focuses on timekeeping, not politics.