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Russian zone names in use in .ru
by Chris Carrier Oct. 3, 1996

Oct. 3, 1996

(Andrey A. Chernov) >INTERNET:ache@nagual.ru wrote: >Russian time zones never abbreviated in civil live, so don't >even try to search for them. >MSK/MSD abbreviation was born in computers world initially. I would be interested to know, what labels are used in Russia for its time zones? I know Moscow+0 is Moscow time, but what is the name in common use for Moscow+1, Moscow+2, all the way up to Moscow+10. Thank you. >I don't understand why you insist on some meaning of timezone >abbreviation, lets look at them as at abstract ascii labels. >Most of timezone abbreviations already are cryptic enough >for unexperienced user. Only one requirement will be needed: >ascii label must be unique. If timezone abbreviation comes >to you from native background, please don't change it. I completely agree.

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Re: Russia autumn 1996 DST patch
by Michael H. Auria Oct. 2, 1996

Oct. 2, 1996

These messages (your entire thread) are being routed to sco.com. Would you please contact you email administrator (postmaster) to resolve this ... mha(a)sco.com > From netadm Wed Oct 2 13:31:08 1996 > Message-Id: <199610022006.PAA18054(a)ector.cs.purdue.edu> > Cc: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (Andrey A.\ > Chernov) <ache(a)nagual.ru> > To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov > Subject: Re: Russia autumn 1996 DST patch > In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Oct 1996 14:23:10 +0400." > <199610021023.OAA00834(a)nagual.ru> > Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 15:06:06 -0500 > From: "Markus G. Kuhn" <kuhn(a)cs.purdue.edu> > In message <199610021023.OAA00834(a)nagual.ru>, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: > > Why you not try to change GMT to something else? > > Assume that this idea becomes reality and you understand my > > complaints. MSK/MSD sounds here like GMT for you. > Actually, I *do* suggest to change all occurances of the string GMT in > tzdata to UTC, the correct modern term. Reasonable exceptions are > only comment text references to historic time zones before 1972 (when > UTC replaced GMT as the reference time and GMT was redefined and > replaced by the term UT1) and where the term GMT is necessary for > backwards compatibility. > UTC is the official term even in the U.S. now (according to USNO folks > since 1986). If you listen with your shortwave radio to WWV (2.5, 5, > 10, or 15 MHz), the U.S. NIST time announcement broadcast says: "At > the tone ... twenty-three hours ... fifty-nine minutes ... coordinated > universal time ... beep". > Markus > -- > Markus G. Kuhn, Computer Science grad student, Purdue > University, Indiana, USA -- email: kuhn(a)cs.purdue.edu ================================================================================ Michael H. Auria mha(a)sco.com Santa Cruz Operation Information Services Communications Group Account/Alias/Remote Access Administrator Smith & Wesson: the original point & click interface ... (408) 429-4501

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