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The colloquial names people use, in particular "central time", aren't globally unique. I.e., if someone says "central time", to map that to "America/Chicago" us
by deathanatos 2y ago
The colloquial names people use, in particular "central time", aren't globally unique. I.e., if someone says "central time", to map that to "America/Chicago" usually involves a set of assumptions about being in America in the first place.
So, yeah, you either use location, present major nearby cities, etc. to get around the fact that the ordinary person has no idea what the identifier of their timezone is.
- eieio 2y agoYeah, I think that gets at the fact that it's typically "obvious" what you mean in context - which is part of why I think the TZ database names can feel so off. Why in the world do you need that much precision?! (We of course, both know why! And if you haven't seen the names before but you're a programmer, youprobably still make some assumptions about edge cases, precision, etc. But I'm assuming that is not the experience of the typical Google Calendar user?)