From 156bf9c3751e78e59fffa61342188a02217313b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Parenti Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:10:49 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Commentary fixes related to AEST/AEDT etc. * antarctica (Antarctica/Casey): Spell out AWST in comment. * tz-link.htm: Use CST instead of EST in the example, as in Theory, to match the current database. * zic.8: Update Australia/Adelaide Zone line example to match current usage. --- antarctica | 2 +- tz-link.htm | 8 ++++---- zic.8 | 2 +- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/antarctica b/antarctica index 101e9c7..9dffab5 100644 --- a/antarctica +++ b/antarctica @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 8:00 - AWST 2009 Oct 18 2:00 - # western Australia time + # Australian Western Standard Time 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 # Casey Time 8:00 - AWST 2011 Oct 28 2:00 diff --git a/tz-link.htm b/tz-link.htm index 9450d9a..6a52057 100644 --- a/tz-link.htm +++ b/tz-link.htm @@ -708,10 +708,10 @@ Best of Dates, the Worst of Dates covers many problems encountered by software developers when handling dates and time stamps.
  • Alphabetic time zone abbreviations should not be used as unique identifiers for UTC offsets as they are ambiguous in -practice. For example, "EST" denotes 5 hours behind -UTC in English-speaking North America, but it denotes 10 -or 11 hours ahead of UTC in Australia; and -French-speaking North Americans prefer +practice. For example, "CST" denotes 6 hours behind +UTC in English-speaking North America, but it denotes +8 hours ahead of UTC in China. +Further, French-speaking North Americans prefer "HNE" to "EST". For POSIX the tz database contains English abbreviations for all time stamps but in diff --git a/zic.8 b/zic.8 index 9af5d1f..fb8f882 100644 --- a/zic.8 +++ b/zic.8 @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES/SAVE FORMAT [UNTILYEAR [MONTH [DAY [TIME]]]] For example: .sp .ti +.5i -Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00 +Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:30 Aus AC%sT 1971 Oct 31 2:00 .sp .fi The fields that make up a zone line are: -- 1.7.9