Hank W. <hankw1@austin.rr.com> wrote:
Furthermore, I would like very, very much to see ISO-3166-based replacements for at least some of the ambiguous abbreviations. In my opinion, saying that IST means UTC+1 AND UTC+2 AND UTC+5:30 is as ludicrous as if an inch were equal to 2.54 cm AND 3 cm AND 4 cm. For example,... Change Irish Summer Time from IST to IEST.
Remember that we are descriptive rather than prescriptive. I can’t speak for the Irish, but you would have a hard job trying to get GMT and BST (another ambiguous abbreviation signifying UTC+1) changed to GBT and GBST or GBDT.
Change China Standard Time from CST to CNST.
And, of course, change the other version of this ambiguous CST abbreviation to USST. Hmm, maybe this isn’t such a good idea after all. :-) Peter Ilieve