New Abbreviation needed for Asia/Pyongyang
Hi, I noticed in the 2015f tz database that the new Asia/Pyongyang zone for North Korea (now UTC+8:30) has the same abbreviation as Asia/Seoul. Both are noted as KST. Should the abbreviation for Asia/Pyongyang by changed to NKST, perhaps? Pardon if this issue has already been discussed, or if a new abbreviation has already been decided. I am new to the forum, thanks for understanding. --Greg Slayden Microsoft Corporation
Greg Slayden wrote:
I noticed in the 2015f tz database that the new Asia/Pyongyang zone for North Korea (now UTC+8:30) has the same abbreviation as Asia/Seoul. Both are noted as KST.
Yes, the matter was discussed, and as the database already used KST for UTC+08:30 in Korea we decided to just keep doing that. Abbreviations need not be unambiguous.
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