On 01/04/2015 at 16:07, Bryan J Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Alessandro Selli
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Even easier than that: the same timezone often has different national
>> denominations.  For instance, /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/ has symlinks
>> that have Rome and Vatican target San_Marino as the reference timezone
>> file (which I find amusing! :-).
> That's not Zoneinfo's fault.
>
> The "official" Zoneinfo path has _always_ been, since only a few years
> after Olson started it in '86, "Continent"/"Largest City", for any
> unique Timezone with any unique history (backwards or forwards).

  This is precisely the reason I find it amusing: Rome officially counts
2.5 million resident people spread on a 1,287 Km^2 surface.  The Most
Serene Republic of San Marino tallies around 33 thousand people on 61
squared Kms.  "Largest City"?


  Regards,


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