[tz] Ambiguous abbreviations for Australian timezones when daylight savings is in affect

[Ian Abbott]

On 30/03/13 22:37, Robert Elz wrote:
>      Date:        Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:33:24 +0000 (UTC)
>      From:        Timothy Arceri <t.arceri at bom.gov.au>
>      Message-ID:  <loom.20130328T025054-507 at post.gmane.org>
>
>
>    | The issue is not that the identifiers are not unique worldwide.
>    | The problem is that they are not unique to bordering states in the
>    | same country which run along the same time zone.
>
> The problem is that you're using those absurd abbreviations at all.
> Just stop using the things, and all the problems you're having with
> them will magically go away.

But they are usefully locally (within a country) for use by humans. 
Numeric offsets are more appropriate globally and for applications such 
as email and calendars.

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