[tz] [PROPOSED] Remove invented North American abbreviations

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis at SystematicSw.ab.ca
Tue Dec 20 04:23:42 UTC 2016


On 2016-12-19 13:40, Paul Eggert wrote:

>  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
>  Zone America/Miquelon	-3:44:40 -	LMT	1911 May 15 # St Pierre
>  			-4:00	-	AST	1980 May
> -			-3:00	-	PMST	1987 # Pierre & Miquelon Time
> -			-3:00	Canada	PM%sT
> +			-3:00	-	-03	1987 # Pierre & Miquelon Time
> +			-3:00	Canada	-03/-02

http://www.st-pierre-et-miquelon.com/en/faq/
"Time Zone
Saint-Pierre & Miquelon is part of the WTG [sic - s/b WGT] Time Zone (UTC-3).
Saint-Pierre & Miquelon is 4 hours behind Paris and 2 hours ahead of New York."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Denmark#West_Greenland_Time

# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
Zone America/Danmarkshavn -1:14:40 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28
			-3:00	-	WGT	1980 Apr  6  2:00
			-3:00	EU	WG%sT	1996
			0:00	-	GMT
...
Zone America/Godthab	-3:26:56 -	LMT	1916 Jul 28 # Nuuk
			-3:00	-	WGT	1980 Apr  6  2:00
			-3:00	EU	WG%sT

Suggest:
-			-3:00	-	-03	1987 # Pierre & Miquelon Time
-			-3:00	Canada	-03/-02
+			-3:00	-	WGT	1987 # Western Greenland Time
+			-3:00	Canada	WG%sT

and perhaps Miquelon should be moved from northamerica after Puerto_Rico to 
europe after Paris, similar to Godthab, or does using the Canada rule require 
it to stay in northamerica?

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada


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