[tz] Australian Timezone Abreviations - Next step

Guy Harris guy at alum.mit.edu
Sat Oct 20 06:55:47 UTC 2012


On Oct 19, 2012, at 11:34 PM, Guy Harris <guy at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, does *any* country designate Official Time Zone Abbreviations(TM) in law?  Not names, but *abbreviations*?
> 
> Some quick poking around found
> 
> 	http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2010-title15/pdf/USCODE-2010-title15-chap6-subchapIX-sec263.pdf
> 
> (section 263) specifying time zone names here in the septic tank :-), but it gives names, *not* abbreviations.

And, in the Great White North:

	http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I%2D21/section-35.html

which also seems to give names, but no abbreviations.




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