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From: keld@login.dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen)
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Subject: Re: Time Zone Codes Standards?
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JPALME@qz.qz.se (Jacob Palme QZ) writes:

>The standardized way is to denote time zones by numbers
>only, i.e. "+6" for EST in the winter. No alphanumeric format
>is to my knowledge standardized.

The ISO standard on the subject is 8601, it has only numeric TZs.

Keld Simonsen