[H-GEN] Brisbane's timezone

RGC graemec at mysoul.com.au
Thu Apr 3 09:00:10 EDT 2008


Ted Percival wrote:
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> For a while it has bugged me that Glibc calls Brisbane's timezone "EST" 
> instead of "AEST". One of the reasons cited for leaving it as EST is 
> that popular usage indicates a preference for "EST". I'm unconvinced, so 
> I'd like to do a quick straw poll:
>
> Would you consider Brisbane's timezone to be called "AEST" or "EST"?
>
>   
I'd prefer AEST.


Regards, Graeme.





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