On Thursday 08 March 2007 06:52:12 pm Monty J. Harder wrote:
There should be a basic US ruleset that covers the whole country, then timezones like New_York, Chicago, Denver, Los_Angeles, Anchorage, Honolulu; with the various Alaska zones, Indianapolis, Indiana/*, and other subdivisions of purely historical significance.
Don't forget Arizona.
South American countries may use the same time zone names but different rules as well.