INTERNET-DRAFT expires 18 April 2005 Pedro Zorzenon Neto draft-zorzenon-brazil-tz-00.txt 18 October 2004 Abbreviations for Brazilian Time Zones Intellectual property rights (IPR) statement: By submitting this Internet-Draft, I certify that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which I am aware have been disclosed, or will be disclosed, and any of which I become aware will be disclosed, in accordance with RFC 3668. Status of this Memo Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than a "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/1id-abstracts.html The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html" Distribution of this document is unlimited. Please send comments to the author. Abstract There are lots of diferent abbreviations used in computer world for Brazilian timezones. This document intend to standardize them. Pedro Zorzenon Neto [Page 1] Internet Draft Abbreviations for Brazilian Time Zones 18 Oct 2004 1 Time Zone Abbreviations 1.1 Commonly used abbreviations Some commonly abbreviations used for Brazilian timezones are: EST, EDT, BRT, BRST, BRDT and others. There is even an ambiguity, in some implementations BRST is -3:00, in others BRST is -2:00. 1.2 Recommended Abbreviations This document recommends the usage of the following abbreviations: Standard-Time Daylight-Saving-Time Example-Cities BREST -2:00 BREDT -1:00 Some eastern islands BRST -3:00 BRDT -2:00 Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte BRWST -4:00 BRWDT -3:00 Manaus, Cuiaba BRAST -5:00 BRADT -4:00 Rio Branco Abbreaviations meaning are: BRE.. -> BRazil East BR.. -> BRazil (standard Brazilian time, Brasilia city) BRW.. -> BRazil West BRA.. -> BRazil Acre state ...ST -> Standard Time ...DT -> Daylight-saving Time 2 References - Information about the recommended abbreviations: - http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/TimePrecision-HOWTO/tz.html#tz.dst - http://www.rnp.br/cais/alertas/2003/cais-alr-06102003a.html - Brazilian government site, Observatorio Nacional, Clock Service: - http://pcdsh01.on.br 3 Author's Address Pedro Zorzenon Neto Email: pzn@debian.org Rua Jesuino de Arruda, 3040 B Sao Carlos - SP Brazil 4 Copyright Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004). This document is subject to the rights, licenses and restrictions contained in BCP 78, and except as set forth therein, the authors retain all their rights. This document and the information contained herein are provided on an "AS IS" basis and THE CONTRIBUTOR, THE ORGANIZATION HE/SHE REPRESENTS OR IS SPONSORED BY (IF ANY), THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Pedro Zorzenon Neto expires 18 April 2005 [Page 2] Internet Draft Abbreviations for Brazilian Time Zones 18 Oct 2004