the timezone database is one of those really fun cases where the need for computers (and bureaucracy) to categorise and classify everything butts up against the infinite chaos of human nature. even better, because timezones belong to administrative regions (often countries), and their usage is mostly defined by the world's governments, we get the even more fun intersection of computers and politics!

windows 95 used to let you pick your timezone from a map. they removed this feature from a later version due to political disagreements.

the tzinfo database (the subject of the parent post) recently updated all timezone definitions to use post-1970 names to describe timezones, which caused some pretty major arguments.