Comment 4 for bug 1325949
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| Ben Humpert (an3k) wrote Re: timezone selections in ETC are confusing / inverted | #4 |
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Please do not change to WONTFIX.
# We use POSIX-style signs in the Zone names and the output abbreviations,
# even though this is the opposite of what many people expect.
# POSIX has positive signs west of Greenwich, but many people expect
# positive signs east of Greenwich. For example, TZ='Etc/GMT+4' uses
# the abbreviation "GMT+4" and corresponds to 4 hours behind UT
# (i.e. west of Greenwich) even though many people would expect it to
# mean 4 hours ahead of UT (i.e. east of Greenwich).
The thing is, it is not about "what many people expect". It is about the international standard and if POSIX does not handle it correctly POSIX has to be changed. POSIX does not follow the international standard which clearly says XXX+1 means one hour ahead of XXX. This is definied in international ISO norm, european EN norm and german DIN norm and there are definitely many other countries using the well-known ISO norm too.