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* theory.html: Decouple timezones from countries earlier.
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eggert committed Feb 20, 2019
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Be robust in the presence of political changes.
For example, names of countries are ordinarily not used, to avoid
For example, names are typically not tied to countries, to avoid
incompatibilities when countries change their name (e.g.,
Zaire&rarr;Congo) or when locations change countries (e.g., Hong
Swaziland&rarr;Eswatini) or when locations change countries (e.g., Hong
Kong from UK colony to China).
There is no requirement that every country or national
capital must have a timezone name.
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Be portable to a wide variety of implementations.
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