Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 03:07:39 GMT From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can anyone explain...? Message-ID: <199611230307.DAA01233@veda.is> References: <9611201540.AA19352@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> <199611201559.QAA16618@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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>> As I mentioned in the commit message for the data files, MET is >> history because it never made any sense (it was sort of a bizarre >> half-translation of the German `MEZ'); all English-language references >> that the timezone maintainers were able to locate used the phrase >> ``Central European Time'', so the abbreviation was changed to match. >At least, this breaks the tradition (not only of FreeBSD). Except >IBM's AIX (which uses NFT == Norway-France-Time :), every other Unix >around calls it MET now. I think the official translation for this >was ``Mediterranean Time''. This might look a little senseless, too, >but it's IMHO a bad move to break with a traditional name once people >are used to it. >I vote for keeping the previous name. It would be worth keeping MET for backward compatibility? CET does make better sense though as the standard name. -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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