[tz] Why is "AEST" the abbreviation for Australia/Sydney in 1900?

[brian.inglis at systematicsw.ab.ca]

On 2024-05-02 11:31, Paul Eggert via tz wrote:
> On 2024-05-02 01:10, Jonathan Wakely via tz wrote:
>> I mean glibc code such as:
>> https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=time/tzfile.c;h=41475399643913ac4eb78c7f84151692bc521984;hb=HEAD#l416
>> The comment says it's finding the offsets, but it seems to be finding
>> the abbreviations for the first two transitions, storing them in the
>> __tzname array.

> That code is present for a different reason. It's trying to support obsolescent 
> (but POSIX-required) variables like tzname, which in general make no sense when 
> TZif files are used. (The next POSIX draft tries to fix this, but it's messed 
> up, and I haven't had time to interact with the POSIX committee to clean things 
> up.)

It looks like comments on drafts offered have been minimal, and voting appears 
to be imminent, so you may wish to respond soon, or defer to TC1.

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

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