On 11/23/24 09:27, Brian Inglis via tz wrote:
That would be nice, but most open source software projects and developers do not have the spare time and manpower to implement a gazetteer interface, such as provided by commercial systems and packages, or via OpenStreetMap API, to look up a location and get a tz id. . Suppose I wish to inform multiple correspondents in distant locations of a recurring virtual meeting. Should I: o Suggest they use tzselect for my location? (They won't.)
Send them: o Olson: TZ=America/Denver o POSIX: TZ=MST7MDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0 Ugh! the only format known by IBM mainframes. o a .ics file, an obscure standard, but Outlook groks it.
So for example, Mozilla Thunderbird's Lightning calendar/event scheduler component still just shows the zone tz id paths for selection. . MacOS does better, but it's cumbersome: Change timezone; add event; restore timezone.
-- gil