Question on abbreviations

[Mark Davis]

According to the spec, TO = "only" is equivalent to saying that the TO value
equals the FROM value. Are you saying that is not true? If it isn't true,
what does the "only" value mean?

Mark

On 9/26/06, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> "Mark Davis" <mark.davis at icu-project.org> writes:
>
> > So to get the value, we should look at the US rule that is in effect
> during
> > 1944. Here are the US rules:
> >
> > #
> Rule    NAME    FROM    TO    TYPE    IN    ON    AT    SAVE    LETTER/S
> > ...
> > Rule    US    1942    only    -    Feb    9    2:00    1:00    W # War
> > Rule    US    1945    only    -    Aug    14    23:00u    1:00    P #
> Peace
> > ...
>
> Those two rules tell you that in 1942 DST was instituted, and in 1945
> the abbreviation was changed from W to P time.  The implication is
> that 1943 and 1944 the rules were the same as in late 1942.
>
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