On 2017-03-06 17:21, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Mar 5, 2017 18:30, "Frederik Ramm" <frede...@remote.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to start a discussion about the mapping of time zones.
>
>> What do you think?
>
> I'm generally opposed to mapping timezones in OpenStreetMap unless the tzdata
> maintainers are 100% on board. Since timezones are a royal pain to keep
> track of, often changing 100+ times a year, on as little as a few hours
> notice in some cases.
Do you mean territories switch to another timezone 100+ times a year, or
that the details of the timezone (DST dates etc) change 100+ times a
year? If it's the latter, it won't be a problem for OSM if we only store
the TZ name. Looking at the archives of the tz-announce mailing list,
there are only 1-2 actual changes per month which would affect OSM. I
think there are more changes to admin boundaries than to timezones.
In what way would the tzdata maintainers need to be "on board"?
//colin
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