A fork for the time-zone database?

Posted Oct 23, 2021 19:51 UTC (Sat) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
In reply to: A fork for the time-zone database? by nix
Parent article: A fork for the time-zone database?

> > As I said, what about Kansas City? That's got a state border running through the middle of it. That doesn't need resetting borders, all it takes is one state government changing time zone ...

Exactly why timezones are city based and don't follow state lines.

Was the Kansas metro ever split into more than one timezones? If it ever was, just name the zones after some other cities that were not split.

> I was able # to confirm that Resolute Bay was still operating on UTC-5

Yet no one ever felt the need for a Resolute Bay time zone.

> As far as I can tell, *anything*, no matter how ludicrous, has been done somewhere, somehow, by someone where timezones are concerned.)

Sure but has it ever been a problem finding a(nother) city to name it? Worst case call it west Jerusalem and done.