Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 18:03:54 +1100 From: Alex LIVINGSTON <alex@agsm.edu.au>
# We use POSIX-style signedness in the names and output, # internal-style signedness in the specifications.
What is "internal-style signedness"? Would your "average" tz user know? How?
It's zic style. I'll change "internal" to "zic-input".
# ... With the Draft 5 notation, people who # prefer the traditional time zone sign can use TZ='<GMT-4>+4'.
What is "the traditional time zone sign"?
The sign where positive numbers are east of Greenwich. I'll change the wording here too.
What about UTC as opposed to GMT?
The existing zone names all use "GMT" so I think it's better to use GMT in the examples.
Might you also say "people who prefer ISO-8601 compliant time-zone signs can use TZ='<UTC-04:00>+4' instead"?
That doesn't conform to either ISO 8601 or to d5. ISO 8601 does not allow the 'UTC'; d5 does not allow the ':'. However, TZ='<-0400>+4' would conform to both, I think; I'll add that example too. Thanks for your comments.