[tz] EST/EDT vs AEST/AEDT in AQ [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

random832 at fastmail.us random832 at fastmail.us
Fri Apr 12 17:07:32 UTC 2013


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013, at 10:57, Tobias Conradi wrote:
> > On 12 April 2013 08:38, <random832 at fastmail.us> wrote:
> >
> >> You are inferring a systematism where non exists.
> >
> > Precisely.
> Contradicting your own "Within the current tz database, sure, that is
> presently the case. "

If the tz database consisted of only US timezones, it would be true
"within the current tz database" that daylight savings is always D (or W
or P) and never S (which means Standard time). That doesn't mean there
is a rule that it always _has to be_ one of those letters.


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