[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9759: timezone_string UI: scanning a long list of cities is too hard

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#9759: timezone_string UI: scanning a long list of cities is too hard
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 Reporter:  andy          |       Owner:            
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  high          |   Milestone:  Unassigned
Component:  UI            |     Version:            
 Severity:  major         |    Keywords:            
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 Anyone looking for their time zone in North or South America may have a
 very long list of cities to scan through. On my Debian host (Dreamhost)
 there are over 150 cities in the America list.

 I live in Texas. None of Texas' major cities are listed. To select US
 Central, I guessed wrongly several times before I found Chicago.

 This list is populated from timezone_identifiers_list() which can result
 in a very long list. We could improve this by listing US time zones at the
 top with appropriate strings as values, e.g. US Central ->
 America/Chicago. This simple logic would save a lot of frustration.

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