> You do realize that mapping time zones to countries will take a _lot_ of
> maintenance, right?

I agree completely.  I don't know many different ways it has to be stated before the 
maintenance issues are taken seriously.

> Countries are changing all the time.  Think back to the end of the cold
> war, when the USSR dissolved, along with Yugoslavio and Czechoslovakia,
> and at the same time E & W Germany became a single country.
>
> And how do you handle things like Taiwan & Hong Kong?  Are they separate
> countries?  Hong Kong was once sort of a separate country, but is now
> clearly part of China.  Is Taiwan part of China?  Depends who you ask ;)
> My wife is Taiwanese and I sure as hell think they're separate countries,
> but ask many mainlanders and you'll get a different answer.

-J

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