On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I suspect nobody has complained because we generally encourage real
> "-0800" names when specifying zones.
That's what any sane person uses, and it's what SMTP requiries.
The timezone names are a (bad) joke. If a human can't understand them
(and people don't), there's no point in thinking that a computer
should either.
So yes, timezones should strive very much to be numeric. The names are
an incomprehensible mess. Don't rely on them, and try to avoid using
them.
Linus