[tz] Ambiguous abbreviations for Australian timezones when daylight savings is in affect

[Mark Davis ☕]

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Russ Allbery <rra at stanford.edu> wrote:

> Regardless, though, the actual abbreviations used in tzname, etc., aren't
> useful for giving the times of recurring meetings.  TZ identifiers (which
> include US/Pacific, US/Eastern, etc.) certainly are.
>

​To programmers, the TZ identifiers are what you want to use. To users,
that doesn't work well. What one should supply are the customary names
and/or abbreviations, so that users understand them.



Mark <https://plus.google.com/114199149796022210033>
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