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

random832 at fastmail.us random832 at fastmail.us
Fri Apr 12 17:11:09 UTC 2013


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013, at 10:42, Tobias Conradi wrote:
> The facts have been presented. If you don't see the system behind the
> facts - never use D in %s to mean non-1:00 saving, then I cannot help
> you.

There is no "system", only _coincidence_

You don't seem to recognize that a coincidence can happen and not mean
that future usage should be constrained to match what coincidentally
happened in the past. No-one is relying on "D" always to mean exactly
1:00 any more than they are relying on "S" to mean standard or daylight
savings itself [i.e. isdst=1] to mean 1:00. (The latter is actually the
only thing likely to be happening at all, despite being demonstrably
incorrect)



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