bug#11807: M-x display-time-world & EDT/DST

[Andreas Schwab]

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:

> This is what I see *now.
>
> Seattle   Thursday 28 June 00:56 PDT
> New York  Thursday 28 June 03:56 EDT <=== This is off by 1-hr.
> London    Thursday 28 June 08:56 BST
> Paris     Thursday 28 June 09:56 CDT
> Bangalore Thursday 28 June 14:26 IST <=== Local time.  This is correct
> Tokyo     Thursday 28 June 17:56 JST

You are using the wrong timezone (GMT+6:30 instead of GMT+5:30).

>>> |  ("IST-5:30" "Bangalore")  <=== Why this ''minus''. Isn't IST = GMT+5:30?
>>
>> For the same reason New York is EST5EDT.
>
> It is consistent but counter-intuitive. It is a gotcha.

It is a fact of life and perfectly correct.

Andreas.

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