[Talk-us] Updating opening_hours for COVID-19.

Paul Johnson baloo at ursamundi.org
Thu Mar 19 13:51:59 UTC 2020


On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 8:50 AM Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com> wrote:

> On 3/13/20 15:36, Eric Christensen via Talk-us wrote:
> > I've been updating the opening_hours for businesses and services as I
> > hear about them closing or changing their hours of operation for
> > COVID-19.  I'm also adding a note in the description with any
> > information the source is providing.
> >
> > Seems like a good idea to keep people updated to what's open and what's
> not.
> >
> > I wonder if anyone else is also doing this as well?
>
> Bad idea since these are emergency changes and unlikely to be permanent.
> I am putting in the "normal" hours where they are known, with the
> understanding that people should know locations will be changing their
> hours because of the situation and OSM's data will by necessity be out
> of date for this item.
>

Perhaps have an end date for the temporary hours in case it gets overlooked
when this is all over.
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