[tz] Why is `Etc/UCT` not an alias of `Etc/UTC`?

[Donald MacQueen]

Timeanddate.com says that UTC was a compromise between English and 
French speakers.


https://www.timeanddate.com/time/utc-abbreviation.html


On 3/5/2019 3:00 PM, Alan Perry wrote:
>
> My guess is that some people used the term "Universal Coordinated 
> Time" before it got standardized to UTC.
>
> alan
>
> On 3/5/19 11:52 AM, Matt Johnson wrote:
>> Is there a source or a story about where "UCT" came from?  Or are we 
>> just further propagating a misspelling?
>>
>> -Matt
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>>
>
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Donald [|]



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