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Mark timezone-world-timezones obsolete

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* lisp/timezone.el (timezone-world-timezones): Now obsolete.
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Paul Eggert 2026-08-31 11:06:30 -07:00
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** The variable 'math-tzone-names' is now now marked obsolete.
Strings should use numeric abbreviations like "-0600" instead of
alphabetic abbreviations like "CST", which are too often ambiguous.
** The variables 'math-tzone-names' and 'timezone-world-timezones' are
now marked obsolete. Strings should use numeric abbreviations like
"-0600" instead of alphabetic abbreviations like "CST", which are too
often ambiguous.
* Changes in Emacs 32.1 on Non-Free Operating Systems

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("GMT-7" . -700) ("GMT-8" . -800) ("GMT-9" . -900)
("GMT-10" . -1000) ("GMT-11" . -1100) ("GMT-12" . -1200))
"Time differentials of timezone from GMT in +-HHMM form.
This list is obsolescent, and is present only for backwards compatibility,
This list is obsolete, and is present only for backwards compatibility,
because time zone names are ambiguous in practice; for example, abbreviations
like \"PST\" can change meaning with time. Use `current-time-zone' instead.")
like \"PST\" can change meaning with time.")
(make-obsolete-variable
'timezone-world-timezones
"use numeric time zone abbreviations or `current-time-zone' instead." "32.1")
(defvar timezone-months-assoc
'(("JAN" . 1)("FEB" . 2)("MAR" . 3)