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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Add IntlTimeZone::getWindowsID() and
 IntlTimeZone::getIDForWindowsID() to ext/intl
From: larry@garfieldtech.com (Larry Garfield)

On 3/16/16 5:16 PM, Sara Golemon wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Pretty basic RFC: There's new methods in ICU 52, wrap 'em up and make
>>> 'em available.
>>> Note that despite these APIs being windows focused, they are in fact
>>> available on Linux.
>>> They're just a database lookup, essentially.
>>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/intl.timezone.get-windows-id
>> Looks pretty straightforward, and these are pretty simple, not even sure
>> we need RFC for such small incremental additions, but in any case, let's
>> do it :)
>>
> Yeah, I was tempted to just merge it and wait for someone to complain.
> But that's no way to embrace openness.  Besides, no rush to avoid the
> delay for voting. :p
>
> -Sara
>

If it works on Linux just fine, why is it called Windows?  Is that 
really what the ICU spec says to call them, rather than something 
meaningful?  (That would be sad making if so.)

-- 
--Larry Garfield