J Wunsch wrote:
You'll say ``Argh!'' now, i know.
After a long and heated discussion in the FreeBSD core team, we came to the conclusion that changing the timezone name for Central Europe from MET to CET is a very bad move.
Hi, This change resulted from an original mail of mine which asked why Unix used MET when the rest of the European, English-speaking world uses CET. Central European Time is the generally accepted English-language term for the time zone of France, Germany etc. I (as an English-speaking, - in fact, English. - European, informatician) applaud the use of CET and of CEST instead of CETDST. Any move back would reinstate a situation which is completely confusing to anyone who is used to the common name for this time zone. How long until people say that SkyTV can't talk about CET because it's not standard?! Cheers Pete -- Peter H.C. Hullah Technical Services mailto:Peter.Hullah@eurocontrol.fr EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre Phone: +33 1 69 88 75 49 BP 15, Rue des Bordes, Fax: +33 1 60 85 15 04 91222 BRETIGNY SUR ORGE CEDEX France