Hi, debconf [1] for the tzdata Debian/Ubuntu package ask for the geographic area (e.g. Europe, Asia, etc) and then for the city inside this area. The resulting timezone is $area/$city. While working on the debconf template, I noticed that the America directory is the biggest with 157 cities. Having to find the correct city in that big list can take some time. The second biggest area is Asia with 90 countries. The timezones are split by continent/ocean. The Afro-Eurasia continent is split into Africa, Asia, Europe, but America is not split into North America and South America. For consistency I suggest to split America into North America and South America to have all seven continents present [2]. The git repository already separate northamerica and southamerica files. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_configuration_system [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent -- Benjamin Drung Debian & Ubuntu Developer