Samoa error in backward file
Hi, I downloaded the file ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/tzdata-latest.tar.gz and noticed one error in a text file named "backward". Backward file has two zones, which both link to Pacific/Pago_Pago. These are the two rows: Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Samoa Link Pacific/Pago_Pago US/Samoa I'm not sure, but I assume that the record is wrong. There are two countries: 1. Samoa (WS), which Capital is Apia. Timezone UTC+13, Summer Time UTC+14 (Note! The same offsets than in Pacific/Apia) 2. American Samoa (AS), whose capital is Pago Pago. Timezone Samoa Standard Time (SST), UTC-11 (Note! THe same offsets than in Pacific/Pago_Pago. So, I assume that the rows should be: Link Pacific/Apia Pacific/Samoa Link Pacific/Pago_Pago US/Samoa Please correct if I'm wrong. Timo Kähkönen
Timo K?hk?nen wrote:
Backward file has two zones, which both link to Pacific/Pago_Pago. ... I'm not sure, but I assume that the record is wrong.
They are not wrong. The two links exist for different reasons. Pacific/Samoa is a current-style name, and is flawed due to ambiguity. It therefore links to the now-preferred more specific name. US/Samoa, on the other hand, is a name from an older naming scheme. We don't use "US" as a top-level component any more. All such names are now links. Historically, US/Samoa referred to American Samoa. When the new naming scheme was introduced, presumably the zone was renamed to Pacific/Samoa, with US/Samoa becoming a link to it. Then when the ambiguity was discovered, the zone was renamed to Pacific/Pogo_Pogo, and both of the former names became links to it. -zefram
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