"Gwillim Law" <RLAW@nc.rr.com> writes:
Since the Saints are inhabited, it would be consistent with precedent if we added separate time zones for them. They would probably be named America/Gustavia and America/Marigot, respectively. Their time zones, of course, are the same as Guadeloupe's, and will probably remain the same for the foreseeable future.
Yes, thanks for the analysis. For both locations it's unlikely the island will split time zones any time soon, so the usual precedent for small islands is to use the island name. St Martin is a weird case, though, so we should probably use the town name there (if only for political reasons). So I'm inclined to add these entries to zone.tab: BL +1750-06250 America/St_Barthelemy MF +1804-06306 America/Marigot and these to iso3166.tab: BL St Barthelemy MF St Martin (French part) and these to northamerica: # St Barthelemy Link America/Guadeloupe America/St_Barthelemy # St Martin (French part) Link America/Guadeloupe America/Marigot