On 07/13/2018 04:51 AM, Robert Elz wrote:
| Wouldn't that break the TZ policy of not inventing new abbreviations?
I suspect Paul intended that the European Parliament (or the various European Parliaments - whichever is appropriate) do the abbreviation invention, not that TZ do it.
Yes, that was the idea.
Personally I'd be happy if they stick to CET, and just change its meaning from +01 to +02 (assuming this proposed change evr actually happens.)
tzdb can just use "+02" and wait for the dust to settle in English (if it ever does). Other applications may not have that luxury (sure, they may be misguided, but still...). Either way, I expect more confusion if the EU does not provide guidance about the new time zone names. We may see a similar situation in the US. If California moves to permanent +07 (there's a question on the ballot about this before the voters in November), will the resulting time be called "PDT" or "MST" or something else? Similarly for Florida and EDT/AST/whatever.