On 2017-12-03 19:04, Thomas M Steenholdt wrote:
Paul Eggert wrote:
Thomas M Steenholdt wrote:
WGT/WGST seems to be a widely accepted abbreviation for the West Greenland Time zone.
As far as I can see, it's an invented abbreviation propagated from tzdata, and there isn't much independent support for it. I've been trying to omit these inventions, as tzdata should record timekeeping not invent it.
I totally agree. I just never thought this was something invented or unofficial - I've always used these.
I have gathered a few sources that mention WGT/WGST, but I honestly have no clue if these are based of off tzdata (which could very well be the case) or something else.: In any case I can't help feeling, that with all this "knowledge" out there, removing the WGT/WGST timezone abbreviations from tzdata seems wrong. These are the TZ abbreviations that we work with on a daily basis up here (I'm in Nuuk, Greenland) and suddenly they are unknown in our favorite timezone data.
Air Greenland office hours are specified as GMT-3; some hotel events are specified as UTC-02/03; most other times: air and sea schedules, opening hours, election times, are unspecified local; so not a lot of evidence for actual use of WGT/WGST in Greenland. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada