On Wed 2016-08-24T21:42:19 -0700, Paul Eggert hath writ:
With this in mind, how about if we change that commentary to use "UT -01" instead, as in the attached proposed patch. This should be clear enough within the tzdata context.
The use of the word "Universal" comes from the 1884 International Meridian Conference, is consistent with North American railroad time zones of 1883, and from the 14th century onward can be differenced to within the relevant precision with the civil time of any localities which used equinoctial hours. I think that matches the tzdata context. -- Steve Allen <sla@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB 260 Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m