Jan. 28, 2018
9:22 p.m.
Michael H Deckers via tz wrote:
And whether a change in the meaning of one common term
In the past, tzdb commentary has been contradictory: it has attempted to support both the idea that standard time is the standard civil time used in a locale, and the idea that daylight saving time is advanced compared to standard time. Unfortunately, taken together these two ideas are contradicted by the Irish data, and so one of the two must give. No matter which idea gives, there will be "a change in the meaning of one common term" used in the commentary; this is unfortunate but cannot be avoided. We'll just have to define what tzdb means by its use of these terms from here on out, and move on.