Oct. 31, 2016
8:39 p.m.
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
On 10/31/2016 12:17 PM, Alexander Belopolsky wrote:
Some of the abbreviations that may have been originally invented by you or Olson have since come into common practice.
Yes, web pages derived from older versions of the tz database use them. But they do not appear to be common in general English usage.
I am not sure English language web pages reflect the expectations of the majority of users of Russian time zones. As I mentioned earlier, it is common to use English abbreviations in Russian technical documents. I wouldn't be surprised if similar practices exist in other non-English speaking countries, particularly in those with non-Latin scripts.