[tz] Philippine Standard Time

[Paul Goyette]

Hmmm, the silence here is deafening!  While I didn't expect "acceptance
by unanimous acclamation" I didn't expect a total lack of response.

:)



On Fri, 15 Jun 2018, Paul Goyette wrote:

> In the Philippines, there is a national law, Republic Act No. 10535 which 
> declares the official time here as "Philippine Standard Time". The act [1] 
> even specifies use of PST as the abbreviation, although
> the FAQ provided by PAGASA [2] uses the "acronym PhST to distinguish
> it from the Pacific Standard Time (PST)."
>
> (Interestingly, the act does nothing to define the actual value of
> Philippine Standard Time; there is no UTC offset or other reference.
> It simply declares what the time is called, and instructs government
> agencies to coordinate with PAGASA for synchronization.  :)  There are
> references to "Section 6 of Batas Pambansa Bilang 8" [3] (which
> directs the adoption of the Metric System), but Section 6 merely
> delegates the task of establishing the definition of "second" to
> PAGASA.  I've been unable so far to find any specific implementing
> regulation that establishes an official 8-hour offset from GMT.)
>
> Not long ago, the TZ database clean-up of "invented" abbreviations
> removed the PST abbreviation for Asia/Manila, leaving us with no
> abbreviation.
>
> Based on the existence of national law declaring Philippine Standard
> Time, and formally establishing the abbreviation/acronym, could we
> please get "PST" (or, if you prefer, "PhST") re-included into the next
> update of the TZDB?
>
> Thanks!
>
> References:
> [1] http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2013/05/15/republic-act-no-10535/
> [2] 
> https://www1.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/index.php/astronomy/philippine-standard-time#republic-act-10535
> [3] http://www.chanrobles.com/bataspambansabilang8.htm
>
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