[tz] Ambiguous abbreviations for Australian timezones when daylight savings is in affect
Clive D.W. Feather
clive at davros.org
Wed Apr 3 08:55:06 UTC 2013
Stuart Bishop said:
>> Please bear in mind that the "D" means nothing to most people in the
>> English-speaking world - "Daylight Saving" is an American construct that is
>> both meaningless and not used by the rest of us.
>
> I disagree with this. In my experience in Melbourne, the term daylight
> savings is indeed used.
Okay. My Australian friends said that they didn't use the term, but
obviously opinions matter.
It's still a meaningless term, though.
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