On 02/02/2023 15:34, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
Max Nikulin writes:
Is there a strong reason to support POSIX TZ? Time zones with fixed
offsets are available as e.g. Etc/GMT-8 (unfortunately inverted sign as
well).
Because `encode-time' accepts POSIX TZ as argument. So, may as well.
Note that Etc/GMT-8 is also accepted as POSIX TZ.
"May" does not assume "should". I am leaving final decision to the
person who will implement it though. I hope, there is no problem with
such syntax on windows.
The disappointing issue with POSIX syntax is the case of decision of
authorities to change time zone offset. It is neither regular DST rule
nor constant offset. The result is incorrect mapping between UTC and
local time.
