Use GST abbreviation for Asia/Dubai, Asia/Muscat
I noticed Asia/Dubai and Asia/Muscat currently use +04, but there is an existing abbreviation (GST - Gulf Standard Time).
"GST" was my invention, and as I far as I know it is not typically used in English-language sources (other than those derived from tzdata). This is why it was removed in release 2017a, along with several other similar abbreviations. The idea is that tzdata should reflect common practice rather than prescribe it.
"GST" was my invention
Well now I feel silly. That’s true, it’s not often used (at least here in the UAE). Thank you for the clarification.
On Jul 13, 2017, at 1:40 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
"GST" was my invention, and as I far as I know it is not typically used in English-language sources (other than those derived from tzdata). This is why it was removed in release 2017a, along with several other similar abbreviations. The idea is that tzdata should reflect common practice rather than prescribe it.
On 2017-07-12 15:40, Paul Eggert wrote:
"GST" was my invention, and as I far as I know it is not typically used in English-language sources (other than those derived from tzdata).
Also used in Canada since 1991 as the abbreviation for the federal value added Goods and Services Tax, which likely produces most web search hits now. Your first use was in 1993g for Pacific/Guam ST +1000, Asia/[various] Gulf ST +0400, with various prefixes and offsets for [South]America/[various] Guiana ST, and subsequently for Atlantic/South_Georgia ST -0200, all but the latter predating widespread web search engines. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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