In the Philippines, there is a national law, Republic Act No. 10535 which declares the official time here as "Philippine Standard Time". The act [1] even specifies use of PST as the abbreviation, although the FAQ provided by PAGASA [2] uses the "acronym PhST to distinguish it from the Pacific Standard Time (PST)." (Interestingly, the act does nothing to define the actual value of Philippine Standard Time; there is no UTC offset or other reference. It simply declares what the time is called, and instructs government agencies to coordinate with PAGASA for synchronization. :) There are references to "Section 6 of Batas Pambansa Bilang 8" [3] (which directs the adoption of the Metric System), but Section 6 merely delegates the task of establishing the definition of "second" to PAGASA. I've been unable so far to find any specific implementing regulation that establishes an official 8-hour offset from GMT.) Not long ago, the TZ database clean-up of "invented" abbreviations removed the PST abbreviation for Asia/Manila, leaving us with no abbreviation. Based on the existence of national law declaring Philippine Standard Time, and formally establishing the abbreviation/acronym, could we please get "PST" (or, if you prefer, "PhST") re-included into the next update of the TZDB? Thanks! References: [1] http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2013/05/15/republic-act-no-10535/ [2] https://www1.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/index.php/astronomy/philippine-standard-time... [3] http://www.chanrobles.com/bataspambansabilang8.htm +------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+ | Paul Goyette | PGP Key fingerprint: | E-mail addresses: | | (Retired) | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul at whooppee dot com | | Kernel Developer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette at netbsd dot org | +------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+