<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>A deputy minister said the idea has been abandoned (30 January 2013: http://bisnis.news.viva.co.id/news/read/386333-penyatuan-zona-waktu-indonesia-batal) after missed two target dates: 17 August (Independence day) and 28 October 2012 ([[:en:Youth Pledge]] day)<br><br>Then the minister himself said that it's not abandoned (9 February 2013: http://economy.okezone.com/read/2013/02/09/320/759298/hatta-penyatuan-zona-waktu-tidak-batal), only without any target date</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Moral of the story: can't believe anything
the ministry said<br></span></div><div> </div><div>___________________<br><br>Regards,<br><span style="font-weight:bold;">benny</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Hank W. <hankw1@austin.rr.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Tim Parenti' <tim@timtimeonline.com>; 'Benny' <bknliem@yahoo.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> tz@iana.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:20 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [tz] Fw: Asia/Jakarta timezone acronym is misleading [RECAP]<br> </font> </div> <br>
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--></style><div><div class="yiv1533239973WordSection1"><div class="yiv1533239973MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Did Indonesia abandon their move toward having one time zone for the whole country? I remember reading that a majority of the population was in favor of the change.</span></div><div class="yiv1533239973MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv1533239973MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";"> tz-bounces@iana.org [mailto:tz-bounces@iana.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tim Parenti<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 14,
2013 16:02<br><b>To:</b> Benny<br><b>Cc:</b> tz@iana.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [tz] Fw: Asia/Jakarta timezone acronym is misleading [RECAP]</span></div></div><div class="yiv1533239973MsoNormal"> </div><div><div><div class="yiv1533239973MsoNormal"> </div><div><div class="yiv1533239973MsoNormal">On 14 February 2013 01:03, Benny <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:bknliem@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:bknliem@yahoo.com">bknliem@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><div class="yiv1533239973MsoNormal">As for the English names, I propose they're changed into Western Time of Indonesia (WTI), Central Time of Indonesia (CTI), Eastern Time of Indonesia (CTI). According to http://www.statoids.com/tid.html the English equivalent (translation) are: Western Indonesia Standard Time (WIST), Central Indonesia Standard Time (CIST), Eastern Indonesia Standard Time (EIST).</div></div></div><div class="yiv1533239973MsoNormal"><br>Since the main idea
behind this proposal is simply to avoid confusion with acronyms commonly used in the local language, I would support simply adding S to form WIST, CIST, and EIST. This would be a relatively simple change as, although the four Indonesian zone IDs have shifted offsets several times, it does not appear that any have used DST in their historical entries. This would meet the goal of disambiguating from conflicting local acronyms to the benefit of Indonesian-speaking users of this database, while still maintaining readability to English-speaking users.</div></div><div><div class="yiv1533239973MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv1533239973MsoNormal">Of course, the actual display of such abbreviations in any production software would remain largely an issue of localization.<br><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="yiv1533239973MsoNormal">--<br>Tim Parenti</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br> </div> </div>
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