Fair comment - then let me ask should there be some data object defined TimeZone(Loc:Season:Special)??? Maybe an ABN one as well to stay in line with the PKIX use models? Todd On 7/3/2014 4:56 PM, Tobias Conradi wrote:

was: Re: [tz] Fwd: Fwd: [apps-discuss] Proposed working group: Timezone Data Distribution Service (tzdist)

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 5:32 PM, todd <tglassey@certichron.com> wrote:

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isnt the term TIMEZONE a term of art specific to Time Keeping as a science? Is it? Like HTTP referer (sic) is one for HTTP referrer? Maybe it only is, because some people thought it should be made so.

Me, and probably Jon Skeet are only talking about proper (most us) English:

1) https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=time+zone%2CTime+zone%2Ctimezo...

2) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/timezone

3) http://www.britannica.com/search?query=timezone

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So what is the issue - proper English then to hide terms which are specific to this realm? Proper English term to make transparent that there is no conceptual difference between the objects the terms refer to.