Re: canonical names for timezones

Carl W. Brown wrote:

> What I last implemented was:
> 
> 	POSIX Format
> 
>      ll [ _CC ] [ .MM ] [ @VV]
> 
>      ll = lang, CC = ctry, MM = charmap, VV = variant

It's also better not to assume that the language code is only
2 letters.  See RFC 3066 for the current state of things:
this allows language codes of indefinite length, containing
letters, digits, and hyphens.

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Received on Thursday, 23 August 2001 17:23:02 UTC