Timezone naming
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at critter.tfs.com
Tue Nov 26 19:32:34 UTC 1996
In message <199611261916.LAA15292 at shade.twinsun.com>, Paul Eggert writes:
> From: J Wunsch <j at uriah.heep.sax.de>
> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 10:04:20 +0100 (MET)
>
> However technically correct your choice for CET might be, it breaks
> tradition, and is in general something people here will consider a
> ``US-centric'' decision.
>
>Actually, if anything, `MET' is the US-centric name, since it was chosen
>by an American, whereas `CET' was championed by a European.
Well I happen to disagree here. At least for Denmark MET is actually
the abbreviation recommended by the ministry of the interior.
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