I see two issues with using time zone abbreviations like this. First, I think many more people know the name of a city in their time zone, than know the name of their time zone. For example, I lived in London for several years before learning that daylight savings time is called BST.
Second, there are many time zones that have the same abbreviation. For example, there are two time zones abbreviated “ACT”, two “ADT”, two “AMST”, two “AMT”, and two “AST”, and those are just the ones starting with A. <http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577414 Title: Adding time zones to locations of indicator-datetime Status in indicator-datetime package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Dear all, May I suggest the feature to add time zones, e.g. CEST, EDT, directly to the very useful locations menu? Currently only city names are supported. I am attaching two screenshots: 1. showing the locations menu 2. a mockup of how I envision the time zone to be represented in the indicator Thankfully, ~Robert To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/1577414/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
