Comment 10 for bug 283861

> Loye, it sounds like you're suggesting that Spain not be the default
> country for Spanish. That's a subtly different bug than this one --
> that once we think the user is in Spain, we set the default time zone to
> New York.

Perhaps I didn't clearly make the connection between the report and my comments.

From the bug report:

>If you enter Catala or Espanol as your language (for example), your
>country is marked as "ES" (so far so good). However, when you get to
>the timezone page, your default timezone is New York!

1. The reporter suggests that language is a good basis for inferring
country and concomitantly tzsetup/country/CC. I disagree. In the
particular case of Español, for example, the default country
_should_not_be_ Spain, but rather Mexico, and the timezone should be
either Central or Eastern (depending on your preference for modal or
least squares default selection).

2. I agree, however, that the selection of timezones needs a
revamping because the way we do it now will get the answer wrong more
often than right. My suggestion is to change the way we select
timezones altogether.

Happy Trails,

Loye Young