Re: [tz] [PATCH] New file time.tab, superseding zone.tab

On 07/20/2014 06:32 AM, Alan Barrett wrote:

3. Make tzselect.ksh aware of the fact that the longitude difference between the reference location for a time zone, and any other location in the time zone, will seldom exceed 15 degrees, but the latitude difference could be arbitrarily large.

Thanks, something like this sounds like a good idea. Perhaps a weighted sum of the distance and the square of the longitude difference, or something like that. I'll try to come up with something.