May 12, 2012
12:13 a.m.
On 05/11/2012 03:36 PM, Garrett Wollman wrote:
The historical practice of the maintainers up to this point has been that locations that are uninhabited do not get a zone.
Yes, the idea is that the tz database attempts to record common real-world practice at a location. Local time is undefined if there are no locals. It's like trying to define the temperature of a true vacuum. A goal of the tz database design is to lessen the need for arguments. Omitting uninhabited locations is one small way to further that goal.