At 00:10 +0700 2001-01-12, Robert Elz wrote:
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 09:44:25 +1100 From: Alex LIVINGSTON <alex@agsm.edu.au> Message-ID: <a04330100b68292dc0db1@[149.171.217.233]>
| And it's not just because "S" | stands for "standard" in the former case and "Summer" in the latter: | it stands for "standard" in both cases! Sometimes I'm ashamed to be | Australian.
In Victoria at least, the S that is current now is "Summer". It comes from the Summer Time act, which specifies that Eastern Summer Time is what it shall be called. It doesn't actually specify the abbreviation (acronym) but it is a pretty obvious step...
In NSW, even though it is "summer" time, it is still legally also "standard" time! See http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sta1987137/s10.html Nowhere in the act containing this are abbreviations defined. --Alex PS: Robert, do you have any idea why your mail's time-stamp offset is given as "+0700"? Are you (or is your mail server) on Christmas Island? _______________ Alex LIVINGSTON IT, Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 Fax: +61 2 9931-9349 / Phone: +61 2 9931-9264 / Time: UTC + 10 or 11 hours At end of today, Monday, January 15, time since epoch (1-1-1 at 00:00:00) = 730500 days = 2000.04106861 average Gregorian years time since 2nd millennium, 20th century, 200th decade, 2000th year = 15 days = .04106861 average Gregorian years