mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) (02/08/84)
Has Australia changed time zone conventions in the last year? Last time I asked, I was told that Eastern Australia used time zone names AEST normally, and AESST during the summer. Mark
kre@mulga.SUN (Robert Elz) (02/08/84)
It has been pointed out to me that Australian EST is really GMT+10, and Australian EST is really GMT+11 (see how easy it is to parse that!), I guess I goofed a bit in my previous article. But the intent is still there. Robert Elz
kre@mulga.SUN (Robert Elz) (02/17/84)
Probably you asked someone from Sydney, & they told you what their systems use. Unix systems in Sydney do use AEST and AESST. (I had wondered how it was that those zone names turned up in the news code!). However, the "standard" names in Aust (as defined by acts of Parliament) are EST both ways, Sydney Uni & UNSW simply decided to ignore that, I assume, because it conflicted with US EST. EST is what is conventionally used in newspapers, magazines, etc. Robert Elz