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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I REALLY like the four-letter proposed designations.&nbsp; However, I suggest changing USXX to NAXX, since one set of abbreviations is shared by every North American country except Cuba.&nbsp; Also, I&#8217;d like to suggest simply appending a &#8220;+&#8221; to indicate daylight saving time/ summer time (e.g., NAET+).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hank W.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Austin, Texas, U.S.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><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>Benny<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 14, 2013 07:04<br><b>To:</b> Tobias Conradi; tz@iana.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [tz] Fw: Asia/Jakarta timezone acronym is misleading [RECAP]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Nope, I didn't know about that. They would be good substitute acronyms to use. Thanks for the information.<span class=tab> I'll add some information about this WIB/WIT confusion to the tango.info/wiki later today. </span><br><span class=tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>___________________<br><br>Regards,<br><b>benny</b><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Tobias Conradi &lt;<a href="mailto:mail.2012@tobiasconradi.com">mail.2012@tobiasconradi.com</a>&gt;<br><b>To:</b> Benny &lt;<a href="mailto:bknliem@yahoo.com">bknliem@yahoo.com</a>&gt; <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 14, 2013 1:49 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [tz] Fw: Asia/Jakarta timezone acronym is misleading [RECAP]</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'><br>&gt; As for the English names, I propose they're changed into Western Time of<br>&gt; Indonesia (WTI), Central Time of Indonesia (CTI), Eastern Time of Indonesia<br>&gt; (CTI).<br>Did you consider<br><a href="https://tango.info/wiki/Internationalized_time_point_unique_time_zone_abbreviations" target="_blank">https://tango.info/wiki/Internationalized_time_point_unique_time_zone_abbreviations</a><br>?<br><br>Which could be:<br>IDWT<br>IDCT<br>IDET<br>?<br><br>For comparison Australia:<br>AUET<br>AUCT<br>AUWT<br><br>United States:<br><br>USET<br>USCT<br>USPT<br><br>Europe:<br>EUCT<br>EUET<br>EUWT<br><br>-- <br>Tobias Conradi<br>Rheinsberger Str. 18<br>10115 Berlin<br>Germany<br><br><a href="http://tobiasconradi.com">http://tobiasconradi.com</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>