[tz] EU Public Consultation on summertime arrangements

[Paul Eggert]

John Wilcock wrote:
> The existence of such code is not a sound basis, IMO, for adding a 
> recommendation to refrain from changing the meaning of the current abbreviations 
> (though admittedly it can do no harm to point out that such code does exist).

How about appending a sentence like the following in the next draft?

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If the EU suggests new terminology, it should bear in mind the confusion that 
would ensue if the EU gave new meanings to existing names; for example, if a new 
French UTC +02 zone is called “Central European Time (CET)”, many existing 
applications that assume that CET is UTC +01 will misbehave.