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

Is there a source or a story about where "UCT" came from? Or are we just further propagating a misspelling? -Matt ________________________________ From: tz <tz-bounces@iana.org> on behalf of Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 11:45 AM To: Isiah Meadows Cc: Time Zone Mailing List Subject: Re: [tz] Why is `Etc/UCT` not an alias of `Etc/UTC`? On 3/4/19 4:29 PM, Isiah Meadows wrote:

They seem to refer to the same thing, so it doesn't make much sense to me why they're considered different.

They generate different abbreviations: $ TZ=Etc/UTC date; TZ=Etc/UCT date Tue Mar 5 19:45:10 UTC 2019 Tue Mar 5 19:45:10 UCT 2019