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<abbr> is acceptable to both HTML 4.01 and HTML5

whereas <acronym> is not supported in HTML5

being used in:

inc/languages/english/member.lang.php


$l['time_offset'] = "Time Zone (<acronym title=\"Daylight Saving Time\">DST</acronym> correction excluded):";


replace with:

$l['time_offset'] = "Time Zone (<abbr title=\"Daylight Saving Time\">DST</abbr> correction excluded):";

References:

https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_acronym.asp
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_abbr.asp
+1, seems like no reason not to adapt for HTML5 functionality if it doesn't drastically alter the behavior of the tag.