No, America is not a continent. It is two continents. North America, and South America. Whereas in the tz database, zones are generally grouped by continents or oceans, the Americas have the two continents lumped into one, making a large list of zones within the America group. Splitting it into North_America and South_America and Atlantic would make the list more consistant, make finding zones easier, and remove the overlap with with the nickname for the USA. On 2012-05-15 6:51, John Haxby wrote:
On 12/05/12 04:43, David Patte wrote:
Since the subject is open, i personally have a huge issue with America/ being a primary timezone name. There is something jarring about 'America/Havana' or 'America/Toronto' or 'America/Caracas'. America is a continent, although in common parlance it's a country as well.
Changing names is a recipe for confusion though. You're not constrained to choose a timezone by name though: I regularly choose timezones from two sorts of map, one shows regions, the other places (cities, mainly) and I also get timezone chosen by GPS or IP location.
I don't like being lumped in with Europe either :)
jch
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