see also here: http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm
quote: "Locations are identified by continent or ocean and then by the name of the location, which is typically the largest city within the region." supports the argument thet "Pacific/Auckland" is correct, as opposed to "NZ" On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 17:16:29 +1200 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 16:35:37 +1200 > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From the australasia file it wouild seem that Pacific/Auckland does > > indeed refer to the Island in the Antartic Ocean. However, note that > > according to the above data the Pacific/Auckland is currently > > defined to be the same as NZ. So the entire argument is somewhat > > moot. > > NZ has _never_ worked properly for me, > Pacific/Auckland always has. > > I don't have the goooey thing for timezone, cos I know wehre I live > (or thought I did) > > Since starting this I downloaded the file Chris was talking > about. take a look at the file named backwards Chris. I quote: > > "# This file provides links between current names for time zones > # and their old names. Many names changed in late 1993. > > [big snip] > > Link Pacific/Auckland NZ" > > That implies to me that Pacific/Auckland IS correct, and NZ is the old > name, which changed in 1993. > >
