Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!eleni.gc.cuny.edu!DLV@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu From: dlv@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu (Dimitri Vulis, CUNY GC Math) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat Subject: Re: Time zone names on mail outside North America Message-ID: <00941D67.9F327C20@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu> Date: 28 Dec 90 05:59:04 GMT References: <1990Dec18.163218.938@dg-rtp.d> ,<2341@enea.se> Sender: news@eleni.gc.cuny.edu (Netnews) Reply-To: dlv@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu (Dimitri Vulis, CUNY GC Math) Organization: Graduate School and University Center, C.U.N.Y New York Lines: 19 Erland, et al: Many flavors of Unix are becoming "internationalized" (i.e., accept 8-bit in vi, et al). Many folks (including myself) feel that 10646 is a bad DIS. There is, however, a 16-bit proposal known as Unicode. I'd like to see a Unix that handles 16-bit text well! :) happy n.y. from n.y. Dimitri Vulis BITNET: DLV@CUNYVMS1 Internet: DLV@CUNYVMS1.GC.CUNY.EDU Snail mail: Department of Mathematics/Box 330 City Univesrity of New York Graduate Center 33 W 42 St