On 30/03/13 22:37, Robert Elz wrote:
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:33:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Timothy Arceri <t.arceri@bom.gov.au> Message-ID: <loom.20130328T025054-507@post.gmane.org>
| The issue is not that the identifiers are not unique worldwide. | The problem is that they are not unique to bordering states in the | same country which run along the same time zone.
The problem is that you're using those absurd abbreviations at all. Just stop using the things, and all the problems you're having with them will magically go away.
But they are usefully locally (within a country) for use by humans. Numeric offsets are more appropriate globally and for applications such as email and calendars. -- -=( Ian Abbott @ MEV Ltd. E-mail: <abbotti@mev.co.uk> )=- -=( Tel: +44 (0)161 477 1898 FAX: +44 (0)161 718 3587 )=-