Oct. 31, 2022
7:07 a.m.
On 2022-10-30 21:49, Magnus Fromreide wrote:
I would like to know why there is any pre-1970 data in the files?
Because commonly-used APIs require data before 1970, and something needs to exist there. There's more on this topic at <https://data.iana.org/time-zones/theory.html#scope>.
Is that not a value judgement that makes some countries seem more equal than others?
Only if one goes out of one's way to interpret things that way. It's certainly not the reason pre-1970 data entries are present.