On Sat, 15 Oct 2011, Robert Elz wrote:
That one is certainly a possibility, as are ZZZ (though that's ugly) and UNKNOWN (though that I think would actually be a misrepresentation).
The LST suggestion came from an analogy with LMT, which is used for all (I think) zones in their pre standardised time days (Local Mean Time). The extension to Local Standard Time just seems appropriate to me.
LOC or LOCAL would be least confusing I think. Take a look at this: $ TZ=LOC-3 date Sat Oct 15 05:59:25 LOC 2011 $ TZ=LOCAL-3 date Sat Oct 15 05:59:49 LOCAL 2011 $ Clean and clear, isn't it? While everyone seems to love abbreviations, or TLA, I would like to skip it here to make the meaning of the string clear. No need to make anyone wonder why he is using Latvian Summer Time like it was 1918 or something :-) Jaakko -- Foreca Ltd Jaakko.Hyvatti@foreca.com Tammasaarenkatu 5, FI-00180 Helsinki, Finland http://www.foreca.com