[tz] Idea for internationalized time point unique time zone abbreviations

[Ian Abbott]

On 2012-06-06 16:35, Boruch Baum wrote:
> - From my perspective, it would be best if nl_langinfo would be extended
> to include timezone names and abbreviations. That would make it
> trivial to write code that would portable across all locales, and
> would be able to auto-magically accept timezone names and
> abbreviations in the user's selected locale.
>
> Of course, nl_langinfo just picks up data from locale definition
> files, so this still would mean each locale having a complete set of
> entries for each timezone name and abbreviation (just as each dos now
> month names, days of week).

I guess the main problem here is that the week-day names and month names 
(in the Gregorian/Julian calendar system) are known internally by glibc, 
whereas timezone names and abbreviations are external to glibc (and are 
also a bit of a moving target).

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