Dear Matthew, Thanks a lot for your follow-up comment!
> We would have to start maintaining a parallel database that mapped tzdata zone names, in and out of daylight saving, to their common abbreviations. Common names would be even harder because they’d need translating into multiple languages. The only open point I can read from your comment is actually this one. How do you suggest to proceed? Would it be worthwhile maintaining a parallel database and what could the potential contribution of users look like to this project? ~Robert -- 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

