On 08.10.2012 18:26, Tom Lane wrote:
> The other thing that the abbreviation list files are doing for us is
> providing a user-configurable way to resolve conflicting abbreviations,
> for instance IST (the Indians and the Israelis both use this, but not to
> mean the same thing). This requirement isn't ever going to go away.
Locale-specific abbreviation lists would be nice. While abbreviations
are not unique globally, they have established meanings in particular
countries and regions. For example, IST is not unique, but if you are in
India (en_IN) and spell out IST, you probably mean Indian Standard time.
- Heikki
