On 6/6/12 10:16 AM, Boruch Baum wrote:
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On 06/06/2012 12:16 PM, Alan Perry wrote:
I thought that the abbreviations were intended to be the local abbreviations used for the display of a time value within particular timezones and reflect local practice. I didn't think that they were supposed to be unique. The Zone name is unique. Why does a timezone need two unique identifiers?
I can't speak for the OP, but ...
The attraction of the proposal to me is that there be unique identifiers that are easy to type, easy to work with, and that will be sufficiently attractive to people and mass media that they actually use the identifiers to the extent that what they input into a computer program / mobile app corresponds to something that can be parsed. I understand why the idea is attractive.
Is the proposal to add the unique abbreviation as an additional attribute of the Zone or replace the existing abbreviation (the Format attribute)? alan