Re: Oz TZ Abbrev.

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From: Richard Lindner
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1992 02:09

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Richard Lindner (rjl@spectre.apana.org.au) wrote:
: this may well be a FAQ, but what is the accepted abbreviation for the
: Australian timezones? 

thanks to everyone who mailed me on this one. opinions varied betwixt
advices offered, but it seems that taking all the comments together, there 
_is_no_  standard so far as this is concerned. accordingly i have opted to
play it safe and use +1000/+1100 as the TZ descriptors, although my news
reader sticks with GMT which i guess is also perfectly legitimate. my thanks
again for the assistance.


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