questions about FORMAT
Kenneth Zadeck
zadeck at naturalbridge.com
Sat Sep 19 03:32:01 UTC 1998
# Belize
# Whitman entirely disagrees with Shanks; go with Shanks.
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Belize 1918 1942 - Oct Sun>=2 0:00 0:30 HD
Rule Belize 1919 1943 - Feb Sun>=9 0:00 0 S
Rule Belize 1973 only - Dec 5 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Belize 1974 only - Feb 9 0:00 0 S
Rule Belize 1982 only - Dec 18 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Belize 1983 only - Feb 12 0:00 0 S
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Belize -5:52:48 - LMT 1912 Apr
-6:00 Belize C%sT
The belize entry does not have a current rule and I take this to mean
that they currently do not observe daylight savings time.
The problem is, what is the value that is to be substituted into C%sT
if there is no rule?
Should the formatted name of the time zone be "CT" or "CST"? If it is
supposed to be CST, how are you to know this?
I am using Belize as an example, there are several timezones that have
this same problem:
Asia/Yerevan
America/Buenos_Aires
America/Barbados
America/Belize
Asia/Harbin
America/Bogota
America/Costa_Rica
Africa/Accra
America/Guatemala
America/Tegucigalpa
Asia/Tehran
Asia/Seoul
Asia/Macao
America/Lima
Asia/Manila
Africa/Khartoum
Africa/Freetown
America/El_Salvador
Africa/Tunis
Asia/Taipei
America/Montevideo
Pacific/Efate
As an extreme example of this problem is exhibited by
Africa/Accra
Africa/Freetown
# Ghana
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
# Whitman says DST was observed from 1931 to ``the present''; go with Shanks.
Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Sep 1 0:00 0:20 GHST
Rule Ghana 1936 1942 - Dec 31 0:00 0 GMT
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Africa/Accra -0:00:52 - LMT 1918
0:00 Ghana %s
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