[tz] [PROPOSED 3/4] Don’t disparage “HST” in commentary

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Mon Jan 23 20:48:04 UTC 2023


* tz-how-to.html: Don’t imply that “HST” is incorrect,
as it’s used in US regulations.
---
 tz-how-to.html | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tz-how-to.html b/tz-how-to.html
index e1e28f2e..05013b45 100644
--- a/tz-how-to.html
+++ b/tz-how-to.html
@@ -548,8 +548,8 @@ a <code>SAVE</code> of zero.
 <ul>
 
 <li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database">tz
-database</a> gives abbreviations for time zones in <i>popular
-usage</i>, which is not necessarily “correct” by law. For
+database</a> gives abbreviations for time zones
+in popular English-language usage. For
 example, the last line in
 <code>Zone</code> <code>Pacific/Honolulu</code> (shown below) gives
 “HST” for “Hawaii standard time” even though the
-- 
2.37.2



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