> Who cares if it works in places that won't play nice? They're digging their own grave if they don't publish, and only hurting themselves.

The timezone database was not created for the benefit of governments, it was created for the benefit of users and vendors.

People who have to live their lives under corrupt/incompetent governments have enough problems on their plate already, without the added indignity of making it harder for them to get their computers to show the correct local time.