Paul Eggert via tz <tz@iana.org> writes:
> Formerly, EST5EDT corresponded to an imaginary time zone history; now it
> corresponds to the history of a documented location.
> For what it's worth, the name EST5EDT is present for backward
> compatibility for long-obsolete Unix System V platforms, and shouldn't
> be used in new software.
I take the OP's point to be that if we're keeping it around for
System V compatibility, it ought to continue to mean what it meant
on System V, whether that corresponds to any physical location or
not.
regards, tom lane
