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Re: [Tzdist] Next step

Doug Royer <douglasroyer@gmail.com> Mon, 19 October 2015 18:59 UTC

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On 10/19/2015 08:14 AM, Ken Murchison wrote:

> 
> Actually, would this be a mapping from something like "Pittsburgh, PA"
> -> "America/New_York", or from GPS coordinates to a tzid, or both?
> 

Yes, time zones are defined by political boundary, not Latitude /
Longitude.

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