[tz] Ambiguous abbreviations for Australian timezones when daylight savings is in affect
Guy Harris
guy at alum.mit.edu
Wed Apr 3 06:34:03 UTC 2013
On Apr 2, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Derick Rethans <tz at derickrethans.nl> wrote:
> The localization and naming is done very well in CLDR.
...and, at least from a quick look at common/main/en_AU.xml in version 23 as downloaded from http://cldr.unicode.org, the "metazones" for Australia have:
<metazone type="Australia_Central">
<short>
<generic>ACT</generic>
<standard>ACST</standard>
<daylight>ACDT</daylight>
</short>
</metazone>
<metazone type="Australia_CentralWestern">
<short>
<generic>ACWT</generic>
<standard>ACWST</standard>
<daylight>ACWDT</daylight>
</short>
</metazone>
<metazone type="Australia_Eastern">
<short>
<generic>AET</generic>
<standard>AEST</standard>
<daylight>AEDT</daylight>
</short>
</metazone>
<metazone type="Australia_Western">
<short>
<generic>AWT</generic>
<standard>AWST</standard>
<daylight>AWDT</daylight>
</short>
</metazone>
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