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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2023-06-22 13:44:50 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2023-06-22 13:49:09 -0700
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Call "CST" a time zone abbreviation, not a name
In documentation, call strings like "CST" time zone abbreviations, not
time zone names.  This terminology is more precise, and is what tzdb uses.
A string like "CST" is ambiguous and does not fully name a time zone.
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@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ If defined, the unvarying maximum number of streams that a single
 process can have open simultaneously.  @xref{Opening Streams}.
 @end deftypevr
 
-@cindex limits, time zone name length
+@cindex limits, time zone abbreviation length
 @deftypevr Macro int TZNAME_MAX
 @standards{POSIX.1, limits.h}
-If defined, the unvarying maximum length of a time zone name.
+If defined, the unvarying maximum length of a time zone abbreviation.
 @xref{Time Zone Functions}.
 @end deftypevr
 
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ simultaneously.  Its value is @code{8}.
 @item _POSIX_TZNAME_MAX
 @standards{POSIX.1, limits.h}
 The value of this macro is the most restrictive limit permitted by POSIX
-for the maximum length of a time zone name.  Its value is @code{3}.
+for the maximum length of a time zone abbreviation.  Its value is @code{3}.
 
 @item _POSIX2_RE_DUP_MAX
 @standards{POSIX.2, limits.h}