Re: proposed time zone package changes (Russia, Curacao)

On 06/16/11 12:24, Jaakko Hyvätti wrote:

I would think islands are like cities in this respect, they stay while countries come and like now. I guess that's why looks likes all the Antilles zones have been named with islands.

Yes, that's correct. The idea was to use a small, compact location, not necessarily a city (though cities are the most common). In practice, small islands are just as unlikely to split into multiple time zones as cities are.