Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 17:19:22 -0700 From: Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> Message-ID: <C6840C54-C178-497A-A254-CB736D983542@alum.mit.edu> | On May 31, 2019, at 3:49 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote: | | > On the contrary, IEEE Std 1003.1-1998 requires support for so-called "negative DST", | | Can we promote the term "Daylight Shifting Time"? It would be more consistent with other such acronyms, and easier to read, if it were "Shifted Daylight Time" (cf: ISO, UTC, ...) But even better, just call it "the time" and be done with it. Having two names (standard and **whatever**) implies that only two are possible (and leads to the dumb assumptions that people tend to make). When we need to refer to a specific time in a specific place, on a specific date, we need all of that information to do it properly. Allowing anyone to believe otherwise, ever, is to do them a great disservice, even if in particular cases some of it ends up being implied by other parts. kre