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Debian 13, Postgres, and the US/* time zones

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283 points move-on-by | 1 comments | 12 Sep 25 02:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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yellers ◴[12 Sep 25 08:30 UTC] No.45219992[source]▶
Hang on a second, "(...) in 2023. US/* was moved to tzdata-legacy (...)"

US/* was moved to 'backward' (the file for backward compatibility) in the tz database in 1993(!) and as such was essentially marked as deprecated long enough. https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb/backward

You're telling me you didn't notice ? It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.

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cpburns2009 ◴[12 Sep 25 13:42 UTC] No.45222056[source]▶
Why are time-zones even prefixed by continent? Country-prefixed time-zones make more sense because they're defined politically.
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1. umanwizard ◴[12 Sep 25 15:02 UTC] No.45222885[source]▶
In addition to what others have said, there are several examples where people disagree about which country a city is “rightfully” in.

Nobody can really find fault with Asia/Jerusalem, whereas either Israel/Jerusalem or Palestine/Jerusalem would be controversial.