On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com> wrote:
On Thu, 28 Mar 2013, David Patte ₯ wrote:
For those blocking this from being fixed, the most common excuse is that tz is not supposed to impose its own abbreviations upon its users, but by not going with anything the Australians are using - tz is doing exactly that.
I don't think that anybody wants the tz database to use different abbreviations from what is in common use in Australia. Then why the IANA timezone database contains EST for Daylight saving time in Eastern Australia?
What's blocking this from being *changed* is that we believe that the existing abbreviations *are* in common use in Australia, Who is "we"? Not even Paul is believing it as shown by his October 2012 message.
but that other abbreviations are also in common use, and we have no good way to choose between the two (or more) sets of abbreviations, so it seems best to retain the status quo.
Again, this is not about just choosing a /new/ set, but it is about one that uses one acronym for each zone during daylight saving time.
If you want change, then it is incumbent on you to demonstrate that your preferred abbreviations are either in wider use than the alternatives, or have more official government backing than the alternatives. Why?
Selective quoting from some web sites does not constitute such a demonstration. How would you demonstrate "official government backing" if not by selecting a subset of official government websites?
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