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Article #38Re: International time zones
From: Lee Dickey
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1989 12:39
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1989 12:39
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In article <383@shodha.dec.com> devine@shodha.dec.com (Bob Devine) writes:
>In article <993@ks.UUCP>, jriegel@cstemp2.almaden.ibm.com writes:
>> I need the 3-letter abbreviation (CET, etc.) [for time zones]
>> If anyone has such a list, please mail it to me.
> Unfortunately there is no list. There are some accepted 3 letter
>abbreviations that are used in the English speaking countries but
>each country tends to call the timezones that pass through them
>a different name ...
> I suggest that you use English names where appropriate and a
>combination of UTC and offset for the others.
I agree with this. Better yet, just use UTC.
I recall one discussion about two years ago in which it was observed
that two different zones had the same three letter code:
one was "Bering Strait Time", the other "British Summer Time".
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L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!maytag!water!ljdickey From: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat Subject: Re: International time zones Message-ID: <2593@water.waterloo.edu> Date: 17 Aug 89 12:39:14 GMT References: <993@ks.UUCP> <383@shodha.dec.com> Reply-To: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 24