[tz] America/Indiana/Vincennes

J William Piggott elseifthen at gmx.com
Sat Jun 18 18:49:51 UTC 2016


On 06/18/2016 03:27 AM, Matt Johnson wrote:
> In zone.tab, the America/Indiana/Vincennes comments were changed to
> "Eastern - IN (Da, Du, K, Mn)".  IMHO, those abbreviations aren't
> distinct enough to identify specific counties in Indiana.
> 
> We used to say "Daviess, Dubois, Knox & Martin".  Da and Du I might be
> able to figure out, but K could just as well be Kosciusko County, and
> Mn could be Madison or Marion.
> 
> Can we just return them to their names please?
> 

Those are official abbreviations. Kosciusko is Ko, Madison is M.
http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/files/countysite_designations.pdf

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