On 2019-05-07 13:29, Matt Johnson wrote:
I think perhaps the confusion may stem from the list on Wikipedia, which I occasionally contribute to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
Wikipedia isn't authoritative, of course, but it is cited often. The legend at the top defines the terms used, but I could change the term "deprecated" to something else if it would be helpful.
Legacy would be short and better than [Backward] Compatible.
I added the status column awhile back to encourage people to use the Area/Locality forms of names instead of the older ones. I just added some additional notes to the ones Manjusri cited to suggest alternatives.
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