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From: devine@shodha.dec.com (Bob Devine)
Newsgroups: comp.std.internat
Subject: Re: International time zones
Message-ID: <383@shodha.dec.com>
Date: 10 Aug 89 03:47:25 GMT
References: <993@ks.UUCP>
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. - Colorado Springs, CO.
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In article <993@ks.UUCP>, jriegel@cstemp2.almaden.ibm.com writes:
> I need the 3-letter abbreviation (CET, etc.) [for time zones]
> If anyone has such a list, please mail it to me.
> 
> jriegel@ibm.com

  Unfortunately there is no list.  There are some accepted 3 letter
abbreviations that are used in the English speaking countries but
each country tends to call the timezones that pass through them
a different name (why...that's un-American! ;-).

  Even for English speaking countries some of the timezones abbreviations
are not 3 letters long (eg., Alaska-Hawaii timezone is AHST).

  I suggest that you use English names where appropriate and a
combination of UTC and offset for the others.

Bob Devine