[tz] LST

[Kevin Lyda]

On Oct 14, 2011 6:16 AM, "&quot;Martin J. Dürst&quot;" <
duerst at it.aoyama.ac.jp> wrote:
> What about something like UNKNOWN or ZZZ or so, then? LST gives the
> impression that it makes sense when it doesn't.

I never gave much thought to tz abbreviations until I moved to Ireland and
encountered the very ambiguous IST.

http://www.worldtimezone.com/wtz-names/wtz-ist.html

Might as well use LOL for all the meaning any of them have.

Kevin
On Oct 14, 2011 6:16 AM, "&quot;Martin J. Dürst&quot;" <
duerst at it.aoyama.ac.jp> wrote:

> On 2011/10/14 12:29, Robert Elz wrote:
>
>  So, using -04:00 just isn't an option, sorry.
>>
>> LST, or LT, or almost anything else like that is possible - there's no
>> need
>> for it not to be ambiguous, or to be useful, that's already a lost cause,
>> just for it to be syntactically consistent with current expectations.
>>
>
> What about something like UNKNOWN or ZZZ or so, then? LST gives the
> impression that it makes sense when it doesn't.
>
> Regards,   Martin.
>
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