Re: [tz] Preparing to fork tzdb

On 9/21/21 12:33 PM, Stephen Colebourne via tz wrote:

The current unreleased state of tzdb is that it favours some countries over others, such as Germany over Sweden/Norway.

It also "favors" some states over others, such as Arizona (which has the America/Phoenix Zone) over Utah (which has no Zone). It's the same argument, and it's an equally invalid argument as far as timekeeping goes. That sort of argument would be valid only if one accepted as an axiom that countries (or states) are an inherent part of timekeeping. But we don't need to take that as an axiom, and tzdb has done well to avoid nation-state political entanglements as much as possible.