Quick answer.Get United States to change its name so that it will be at the top of an alphabetic sort (English language)
-----Original Message----- From: Garrett Wollman [mailto:wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu] Sent: September 15, 2000 12:08 PM To: Janis.Papanagnou@varetis.de Cc: tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: Continents in tz database? (was: Cyprus)
<<On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:31:13 +0200, Janis.Papanagnou@varetis.de said:
What is the practical necessity to support continent information with the tz database entries ?
For user-interface purposes, it makes life much easier to have users select from a list of regions first, rather than offering a list of two-hundred-odd countries right off the bat. (Users still complain about having to page down to the very end of ``Americas'' to find ``United States'' -- since that's where at least 50% of the users are.)
-GAWollman