Timezone translations

Ken Pizzini tz. at explicate.org
Tue Jun 7 01:24:49 UTC 2005


On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 05:31:16PM -0700, Mark Davis wrote:
> What we couldn't have is two conflicting values in the same locale, such as:
> 
> en_US:
> America/New York <=> EST
> Australia/Sydney <=> EST
...
> Also understood. As I'm sure you know, we cannot assume that the user's
> locale determines the timezone. I could have en_US as my locale, but that
> doesn't tell me the timezone; I might actually be working in Paris for a
> while.

How are things supposed to be handled if you are using en_US
for your locale, and you are working in Sydney for a while?

		--Ken Pizzini



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