IANA time zone database: Difference between revisions
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** P = Peace (northamerica file) | ** P = Peace (northamerica file) | ||
** M = Mean (europe file: MMT # Moscow Mean Time) | ** M = Mean (europe file: MMT # Moscow Mean Time) | ||
** M = Midsummer (europe file: Moscow - M # Midsummer) | ** M = Midsummer (europe file: Moscow - M # Midsummer, also for Spain, France, Germany/SovietZone) | ||
* two letters preceding final T sometimes have one of these meanings: | * two letters preceding final T sometimes have one of these meanings: | ||
** DS = Double Summer (europe file: MDST # Moscow Double Summer Time, BDST - British Double Summer Time) | ** DS = Double Summer (europe file: MDST # Moscow Double Summer Time, BDST - British Double Summer Time) | ||
Revision as of 2013-04-08T22:34:09
Abbreviations
- Internationalized time point unique time zone abbreviations
- http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-October/018362.html - proposal to improve them
Special abbreviations
- LMT - local mean time
Composing parts
- final T = Time
- letters preceding final T, sometimes have one of these meanings:
- D = Daylight Saving
- S = Standard, sometimes Summer
- W = War (northamerica file)
- P = Peace (northamerica file)
- M = Mean (europe file: MMT # Moscow Mean Time)
- M = Midsummer (europe file: Moscow - M # Midsummer, also for Spain, France, Germany/SovietZone)
- two letters preceding final T sometimes have one of these meanings:
- DS = Double Summer (europe file: MDST # Moscow Double Summer Time, BDST - British Double Summer Time)
- LM = Local Mean
Bugs
Some fixes can be found at ANNA time zone database.
| Country | Description | Open since at least | Why not fixed? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | EST and CST are used as acronyms for AEST/AEDT and CEST/CEDT, i.e. during DST one cannot tell from the acronym what zone is meant. | 2006-06-02 04:08:36 [1] | TZ coordinator (Paul Eggert) does not want to fix |
| Indonesia | WIT means Western Indonesian Time, but in local Indonesian language, WIT stands for Waktu Indonesia Timur (Eastern Indonesian Time), change requests - without mentioning the ambiguity - go back to 2003 [2] | 2013-02-13 14:17:58 [3] | TZ coordinator (Paul Eggert) does not fix |
| Norway | No IANA zone defined for Bouvet Island while Norwegian law sets a standard time http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/5218/ | 2012-05-29 18:32:23 [4] | TZ coordinator (Paul Eggert) does not want to fix |
| Russia |
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2011-09-17 16:12:16 [6] | TZ coordinator (Paul Eggert) does not fix - reason unknown |
Localization
CLDR
http://unicode.org/repos/cldr/trunk/common/supplemental/metaZones.xml
- territory 001 - might refer to the UN M.49 code for "World".