[tz] Fwd: Fwd: [apps-discuss] Proposed working group: Timezone Data Distribution Service (tzdist)

todd tglassey at certichron.com
Thu Jul 3 15:32:50 UTC 2014


isnt the term TIMEZONE a term of art specific to Time Keeping as a 
science? I thought it was. So what is the issue - proper English then to 
hide terms which are specific to this realm?

todd
On 7/3/2014 1:45 AM, Tobias Conradi wrote:
> Mr. Daboo,
>
> would be nice if you could fix "timezone" to "time zone".
>
> Tobias Conradi
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Jon Skeet* <skeet at pobox.com <mailto:skeet at pobox.com>>
> Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 9:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [tz] Fwd: [apps-discuss] Proposed working group: Timezone 
> Data Distribution Service (tzdist)
> To: Mike Douglass <mikeadouglass at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mikeadouglass at gmail.com>>
> Cc: "tz at iana.org <mailto:tz at iana.org> Mailing List" <tz at iana.org 
> <mailto:tz at iana.org>>
>
>
> I suppose it's too late to ask them to split "timezone" into "time 
> zone" everywhere in their documentation etc? Just a minor peeve, but...
>
>
> On 2 July 2014 20:13, Mike Douglass <mikeadouglass at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mikeadouglass at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     People on this list may be interested in the following.
>
>
>     -------- Original Message --------
>     Subject: 	[apps-discuss] Proposed working group: Timezone Data
>     Distribution Service (tzdist)
>     Date: 	Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:06:51 -0400
>     From: 	Barry Leiba <barryleiba at computer.org>
>     <mailto:barryleiba at computer.org>
>     To: 	Apps Discuss <apps-discuss at ietf.org>
>     <mailto:apps-discuss at ietf.org>
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>     Cyrus Daboo has proposed a new working group in the Applications Area,
>     and I'm initiating charter discussion on it:
>
>     https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/charter-ietf-tzdist/
>
>     We'll have the charter discussion here on apps-discuss.  Assuming a
>     working group comes out of this, we'll create a new mailing list for
>     the actual work, once the charter is done.
>
>     Comments on this charter are welcome.  I expect to put it on the 10
>     July IESG telechat for initial approval, after which it will go out
>     for IETF and external review.  So, comments here by 4 July, please.
>
>     Barry, Applications AD
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