Re:Recreating the US/* time zone situation
by skissane on Saturday September 13, 2025 @09:31PM
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> Let PDT be PDT(-8) and PST be PST(-7)
The problem is both the US and Australia have “EST/EDT” - the Australian version sometimes has an A stuck on the front to disambiguate it from the US timezone, but that isn’t always done (especially given some systems insist timezone abbreviations can be max 3 characters). And the problem with disambiguating on the basis of UTC offsets is you’d be surprised by how many people have no clue what any of them are. But “Americas” vs “Australia”, they’ll get that right
The problem is both the US and Australia have “EST/EDT” - the Australian version sometimes has an A stuck on the front to disambiguate it from the US timezone, but that isn’t always done (especially given some systems insist timezone abbreviations can be max 3 characters). And the problem with disambiguating on the basis of UTC offsets is you’d be surprised by how many people have no clue what any of them are. But “Americas” vs “Australia”, they’ll get that right