List of time zones compliant both for Linux, Solaris 5.8, OSF1

[Alan Pritchard]

> I need to convert a local time attached to a Country, State/City
> into a GMT time for each incoming request received by our server.
> This must work in a multithreaded architecture, i.e; we have a fixed
> number
> of threads which process the incoming request.
> 
> Do you have a list of countries, states for the US, cities which matches

I think you will find that this problem cannot be solved simply.

I am working on linking the tz name to my Global Gazetteer database of 4+ 
million records of populated places (& 50K ports, airports & railway 
stations).

In many cases the solution is trivial - the whole country uses the same 
time zone.

At the next level down, the provinces within a country use different time 
zones, but each province uses only one time zone. 

At the next level down, a province may use more than one time zone and the 
split may be along the lines of lower level administrative boundaries. 
Again, not a problem, if one has this information.

Finally, there is a residue of places, where the only way to determine the 
time zone is to check reference sources and to assign it manually. I did 
this for a county in Texas recently. I am now trying to get the detailed 
information for the Broken Hill area.

I have written a program that works through my database and assigns the 
name (e.g. Europe/London). I keep information on the time zone offset, 
DST, formal rules for change & some other information in a separate file.

Still lots to do, but I am getting there.

Best wishes
Alan Pritchard
The GLOBAL GAZETTEER: the world on file
http://www.allm-geodata.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1202 417 477