Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Timezone support in org-mode datestamps and org-agenda

[Ihor Radchenko]

Tom Gillespie <tgbugs@gmail.com> writes:

>> So I guess the timestamp format and the code which manages them will
>> need the ability to use the full TZ name and not just the abbreviated
>> form (and I guess an option to allow the user to select). In fact, we
>> probably need a way to select between abbreviated/full dynamically as
>> well as you might use the different TZ types as a way to flag which
>> timestamps you want to adjust due to TZ changes (either in TZ db or in
>> user location) and those you don't want changed.
>
> I think the only sane way to do this is to require timezone abbreviations
> /expansions to be defined in the file itself and never in an init.el there is
> simply too much ambiguity and if the information is lost we are out of luck.

I strongly disagree. I'd prefer to allow only internationally recognized
time zone format. Let's not make life harder for Org file parsers.

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