[tz] Ambiguous abbreviations for Australian timezones when daylight savings is in affect
David Patte ₯
dpatte at relativedata.com
Sun Mar 31 06:41:21 UTC 2013
You make a very good point, that unless a usable unambiguous system of
abbreviations in tz is adopted for Australia, there is a serious risk of
the database becoming fragemented as different OS providers patch the
database according to their own preferences, adding to the confusion.
It is for this reason I feel strongly that tz has a responsibility to
adopt SOME abbreviations that at least differentiate between standard
and daylight/summer time, before others users of the database do.
Related, are there any estimates of how many computer systems currently
use the tz database, and potentially suggest thecurrent ambiguous
abbreviations to potential users?
in their own way On 2013-03-31 2:24, Stuart Bishop wrote:
> If the position really is that it will never
> change, just make a statement to that effect so we can petition our OS
> providers to patch the database and move on.
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