On 2024-11-22 14:59, Paul Gilmartin via tz wrote:
On 11/22/24 14:43, Brian Inglis via tz wrote:
On 2024-11-21 19:53, Erik Geletti via tz wrote:
So is not possible to have an official alias like Antarctica/McMurdo and Antarctica/DumontDUrville? In that way it will be easier to identify the time zone name on different softwares and interfaces. Is not nice to see Singapore when you are so distant from it...
Il giorno mar 15 ott 2024 alle ore 08:25 Doug Ewell ha scritto: It already has an identifier that can be used in Linux. The identifier is Asia/Singapore.
Just add your own symlink: . How would that work with utilities that determine timezone based on geographic location?
If they support Concordia, they already know, and if not they need updated.
And would it be contrary to the dictum that zoneinfo names are not to be considered user interfaces?
Identifiers not names: until they got renamed after political pressure! ;^> *NO* is always a valid answer to any and all change requests, including this OP. I and most other users are backward and just want to see names that make sense to us: renames and links between countries and continents/oceans do not. Now, if the OP had submitted some date limits on habitation, and variations in observance, a new zone may have been required. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry