Re: ISO Standard for timezones?
Dirk Fieldhouse <fieldhouse@logica.com> Wed, 06 December 1995 14:18 UTC
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From: Dirk Fieldhouse <fieldhouse@logica.com>
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Subject: Re: ISO Standard for timezones?
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 14:15:28 +0000
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In article <4a2akb$kq5@shade.twinsun.com>, eggert@twinsun.com says... > >"Kai Hofmann" <i07m@informatik.uni-bremen.de> writes: > >> Is there an ISO Standard for timezone names (like UTC, MET, ...) available? > >No. The only ISO standard for denoting timezones that I know of is ISO 8601, >which uses numeric offsets (e.g. `-0500' for US Eastern Standard Time). > >Names are ambiguous, and there would be much political hassle to standardize >them. In Australia, for example, `EST' has different meanings depending on >the time of the year and whether you're in Queensland. But doesn't one of the RFCs lay down some guidelines? Somewhere around 900-1000, I think. Can anyone point to the correct document, please? -- Dirk Fieldhouse fieldhouse@logica.com c=gb;a=tmailuk;p=logica; o=lg;ou1=lgwct;s=fieldhouse +44 (171) 637 9111
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