Sept. 23, 1999
3:40 p.m.
From: "Olson, Arthur David (NCI)" <olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 10:01:13 -0400 A correspondent was surprised by the "America/St_Johns" time zone which was taken to provide information for the city in the United States Virgin Islands rather than for Newfoundland. They were confused about more things than one. St Johns is in Antigua & Barbuda, not in the US Virgin Islands. Should the name of the zone be changed? Alternately, should an "America/St_Johns_USVI" be provided? St_Johns is indeed a troublesome name, but I'd wait for signs of confusion from others before doing anything about it. If we do need to disambiguate, I'd suggest renaming the Newfoundland entry instead.