Timezone Table in Joda vs. custom geonames.org table

[mubaldino]

Time to evaluate how Timezones associated with Country obj could be better automated and improved through Joda Time's TZ db

[dsmiley]

I haven't used Joda yet but I have used Java 8's new time API that is said to be a port of Joda -- no doubt with some differences. Just sharing; perhaps you needn't bring in a new dependency if you need Java 8.