Hello,
I totally agree with Aldrin, when you travel, you look for the timezones by
the region/place you are, for sure no one will look for Sao Paolo in
Coyhaique, specially because one is close to Antártida and the other one
close to the Ecuador line.
Regards,
On Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 16:51 Aldrin Martoq Ahumada via tz <tz@iana.org>
wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Can we keep the newly created America/Coyhaique?
>
> IMHO it makes more sense to choose a timezone close to your location
> rather than one more than 4000 km far away (the same length of continental
> Chile), even if it works the same.
>
> Besides, I’m pretty sure there will be more switches in the future,
> knowing our governments so far…
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Aldrin.
>
> El 22-03-2025, a las 5:32 p.m., Paul Eggert via tz <tz@iana.org> escribió:
>
> * zonenow.tab (America/Coyhaique): Remove, since it’s the same as
> America/Sao_Paolo from now on, given today’s change.
> ---
> zonenow.tab | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/zonenow.tab b/zonenow.tab
> index 6aa41678..093f0a0c 100644
> --- a/zonenow.tab
> +++ b/zonenow.tab
> @@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ XX +1828-06954 America/Santo_Domingo Atlantic
> Standard ("AST") - eastern Caribbe
> #
> # -04/-03 (Chile DST)
> XX -3327-07040 America/Santiago most of Chile
> -# -04/-03 (Chile DST) until 2025-04-06; then -03
> -XX -4534-07204 America/Coyhaique Aysén Region
> #
> # -04/-03 - AST/ADT (North America DST)
> XX +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic ("AST/ADT") - Canada;
> Bermuda
> @@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ XX +4439-06336 America/Halifax Atlantic
> ("AST/ADT") - Canada; Bermuda
> XX +4734-05243 America/St_Johns Newfoundland ("NST/NDT")
> #
> # -03
> -XX -2332-04637 America/Sao_Paulo eastern South America
> +XX -2332-04637 America/Sao_Paulo eastern and southern South
> America
> #
> # -03/-02 (North America DST)
> XX +4703-05620 America/Miquelon St Pierre & Miquelon
> --
> 2.45.2
>
>
>
