I agree with Tobias a new zone for Heard Island and MacDonald Islands would be beneficial.
Maybe because Etc/GMT-5 is adequate? Systems that are set to use "Etc/GMT-5" will not observe a change even if HM changes.
Paw -----Original Message----- From: tz-bounces@iana.org [mailto:tz-bounces@iana.org] On Behalf Of Tobias Conradi Sent: 11 May 2012 21:44 To: tz@iana.org Subject: Re: [tz] Missing entry for Heard Island and MacDonald Islands On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> wrote:
If so, why is HM not covered?
Maybe because Etc/GMT-5 is adequate? Systems that are set to use "Etc/GMT-5" will not observe a change even if HM changes.
I don't know whether HM observed UTC+5 during all the time since 1970. That is an information the tzdb provides for many other ISO 3166-1 regions, but for HM it fails to do so. -- Tobias Conradi Rheinsberger Str. 18 10115 Berlin Germany http://tobiasconradi.com/