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| Australia | | [[Time in 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. | | 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 [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/1042/match=est] | | 2006-06-02 04:08:36 [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/1042/match=est] | ||
| TZ coordinator (Paul Eggert) does not want to fix | | TZ coordinator (Paul Eggert) does not want to fix | ||
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| Indonesia | | [[Time in 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 [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.glibc/12741/match=wita+wib+wit] | | 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 [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.glibc/12741/match=wita+wib+wit] | ||
| 2013-02-13 14:17:58 [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/5839] | | 2013-02-13 14:17:58 [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/5839] | ||
| TZ coordinator (Paul Eggert) does not fix | | TZ coordinator (Paul Eggert) does not fix | ||
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| Norway | | [[Time in Norway]] | ||
| No IANA zone defined for Bouvet Island while Norwegian law sets a standard time http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/5218/ | | 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 [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/5218/] | | 2012-05-29 18:32:23 [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/5218/] | ||
| TZ coordinator (Paul Eggert) does not want to fix | | TZ coordinator (Paul Eggert) does not want to fix | ||
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| Russia | | [[Time in Russia]] | ||
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*Zones in Siberia are wrong | *Zones in Siberia are wrong | ||
Revision as of 2013-04-08T20:14:28
Abbreviations
- Internationalized time point unique time zone abbreviations
- http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2012-October/018362.html - proposal to improve them
Bugs
| Country | Description | Open since at least | Why not fixed? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time in 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 |
| Time in 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 |
| Time in 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 |
| Time in 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".