On 2024-12-06 18:10, Justin Grant via tz wrote:
Hi TZ friends - Should the time zone identifier "Etc/Unknown" (standardized in Unicode Technical Standard 35 and used by the ICU <https://icu.unicode.org/> library that implements time zone support in all major web browsers, in Java, and in other platforms) be added to the IANA Time Zone Database?
If they chose "Etc/Unknown" because they wanted something that is not a defined TZDB name, we shouldn't define it in TZDB, because then we'll screw up whatever thing they had in mind. On the other hand, if they want their internal name "unk" to correspond to a TZDB name, wouldn't it be better to change UTS#35's two instances of the string "Etc/Unknown" to "Factory"? That way, UTS#35 would work with both current and previous TZDB releases. Either way, it'd be helpful to get clarification from the maintainers of TR35 as to what they want for "unk". I created an issue CLDR-18167[1] asking about this. It's currently assigned to Mark Davis, the editor for UTS#35. [1]: https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/CLDR-18167