On 2026-03-09 16:45, Paul Eggert via tz wrote:
On 2026-03-09 15:32, Chris Walton via tz wrote:
I believe that the populace will ultimately use whatever time zone names
Microsoft, TZ-DB, and CLDR decide to publish.
This ascribes more power to Microsoft et al than they have, or at least should
have. TZDB, at least, tries to follow a different approach, which describes
rather than specifies how people and their clocks behave.
If Microsoft, TZ-DB, and/or CLDR choose to publish conflicting or ambiguous
names for the sake of trying to follow the letter of the law
TZDB's goal is to describe what people do, and legislation is often a good way
to figure that out. It is obviously not the only way. However, when there is
disagreement it's often a reasonable tiebreaker.
For that reason, given we have no idea what the bulk of folks will decide to use
in Eastern and elsewhere in Canada, deferring to common and US practices, it
would probably be best if the time zone were ascribed to the relevant authority
as BC Time, like Yukon Time: don't blame the rest of us for their decisions ;^>
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher but when there is no more to cut
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