On Apr 15, 2013, at 7:59 AM, Tobias Conradi <mail.2012@tobiasconradi.com> wrote:
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Clive D.W. Feather <clive@davros.org> wrote:
On the other hand, I don't think LHDT/LHST/LHHDT is a good choice, because like it or not, some people get confused by the 'D'. Be liberal in what you accept, but rigorous in what you send.
What we actually want to know is what Lord Howians actually use. Why? Me not. Localization is out of scope of the database. This belongs to CLDR.
Another way to think about this is to say The abbreviations supplied by the tz database are the abbreviations appropriate for the C locale. For any other locale, go to CLDR. And, yes, this argues that implementations of the tzname[] array, and of strftime(), in UN*X systems should contain more code than just what you get with tzcode, so that it goes to the CLDR for time zone abbreviations for locales other than the C locale.