Re: new tzdata msgid
Hi,
On 2023-05-17 17:09, Atila KOÇ wrote:
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> A new msgid is added to tzdata po template (attached):
>
> #. Type: select
> #. Description
> #: ../tzdata.templates:13001
> msgid ""
> "Please select your time zone. Contrary to modern conventions, these POSIX-"
> "compatible zones use positive values to refer to zones west of Greenwich and"
> "negative values for those east of Greenwich (e.g., 'Etc/GMT+6' refers to 6"
> "hours west of Greenwich, commonly called 'UTC-6')."
>
> GMT+6 should be east of Greenwich and equal to UTC+6, I think.
Yes, in usual convention you are correct. However the point of the
message is to say that in the POSIX Convention is reversed Etc/GMT+6
corresponds to UTC-6. Therefore the message in the template is correct.
Regards
Aurelien
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