TZ database content

Fri Feb 9 17:50:25 UTC 2001

At 11:32 AM 02/09/01 -0600, you wrote:
>     It would be very helpful for me if there  is a separate file with 
>Country Name,    short name (like ET),  Zone  Long Name(Eastern Time), 
>Zone  Summer short Name(EDT),  Zone  Summer Long Name (Eastern DayLight
>Time),   short Name(EST),  Zone  standard Long Name(Eastern Standard Time)
>GMT  Offset (Standard) Currently used indicator (this will indicate if the
>timezone is just for  historical purposes)            Each timezone
>abbreviation used in the tzdata must be the  same as Zone Short Name of the
>reference file.      the aim of tz database is), but all the same it will
>be very  useful for folks who need the data in database format and write
>their own  functions to interpret it.   Thanks, -Syed (v.398-4015)   

Pasted in here is a complete list of time zones and abbreviations.

    TimeZones(0) = "Universal Time - UT (00:00)"
    TimeZones(1) = "West Africa Time - WAT (01:00)"
    TimeZones(2) = "Azores Time - AT (02:00)"
    TimeZones(3) = "Brazil Zone 2 - BZT2 (03:00)"
    TimeZones(4) = "Newfoundland Standard Time - NST (03:30)"
    TimeZones(5) = "Atlantic Standard Time - AST (04:00)"
    TimeZones(6) = "Atlantic Daylight Time - ADT (03:00)"
    TimeZones(7) = "Atlantic War Time - AWT (03:00)"
    TimeZones(8) = "Eastern Standard Time - EST (05:00)"
    TimeZones(9) = "Eastern Daylight Time - EDT (04:00)"
    TimeZones(10) = "Eastern War Time - EWT (04:00)"
    TimeZones(11) = "Central Standard Time - CST (06:00)"
    TimeZones(12) = "Central Daylight Time - CDT (05:00)"
    TimeZones(13) = "Central War Time - CWT (05:00)"
    TimeZones(14) = "Mountain Standard Time - MST (07:00)"
    TimeZones(15) = "Mountain Daylight Time - MDT (06:00)"
    TimeZones(16) = "Mountain War Time - MWT (06:00)"
    TimeZones(17) = "Pacific Standard Time - PST (08:00)"
    TimeZones(18) = "Pacific Daylight Time - PDT (07:00)"
    TimeZones(19) = "Pacific War Time - PWT (07:00)"
    TimeZones(20) = "Yukon Standard Time - YST (09:00)"
    TimeZones(21) = "Yukon Daylight Time - YDT (08:00)"
    TimeZones(22) = "Yukon War Time - YWT (08:00)"
    TimeZones(23) = "Alaska/Hawaii Standard Time - AHST (10:00)"
    TimeZones(24) = "Alaska/Hawaii Daylight Time - AHDT (09:00)"
    TimeZones(25) = "Alaska/Hawaii War Time - AHWT (09:00)"
    TimeZones(26) = "Hawaiian Standard Time - HST (10:30)"
    TimeZones(27) = "Hawaiian Daylight Time - HDT (09:30)"
    TimeZones(28) = "Hawaiian War Time - HWT (09:30)"
    TimeZones(29) = "Bering Standard Time - BET (11:00)"
    TimeZones(30) = "Int'l Date Line West - IDLW (12:00)"
    TimeZones(31) = "Chukot Summer Time - UZ12S (-14:00)"
    TimeZones(32) = "Chukot Time - UZ12 (-13:00)"
    TimeZones(33) = "New Zealand Std Summer Time - NZST (-13:00)"
    TimeZones(34) = "New Zealand Std Time - NZT (-12:00)"
    TimeZones(35) = "Kamchatka Summer Time - UZ11S (-13:00)"
    TimeZones(36) = "Kamchatka Time - UZ11 (-12:00)"
    TimeZones(37) = "New Zealand Summer Time - NZS (-12:30)"
    TimeZones(38) = "New Zealand Time - NZ (-11:30)"
    TimeZones(39) = "Okhotsk Summer Time - UZ10S (-12:00)"
    TimeZones(40) = "Okhotsk Time - UZ10 (-11:00)"
    TimeZones(41) = "South Australian Summer Time - SDT (-11:30)"
    TimeZones(42) = "South Australian Time - SAT (-10:30)"
    TimeZones(43) = "Australian Eastern Daylight Time - AEDT (-11:00)"
    TimeZones(44) = "Australian Eastern Standard Time - AEST (-10:00)"
    TimeZones(45) = "Vladivostok Summer Time - USZ9S (-11:00)"
    TimeZones(46) = "Vladivostok Time - USZ9 (-10:00)"
    TimeZones(47) = "Australian Central Daylight Time - ACDT (-10:30)"
    TimeZones(48) = "Australian Central Standard Time - ACST (-09:30)"
    TimeZones(49) = "Japan Daylight Time - JDT (-10:00)"
    TimeZones(50) = "Japan Standard Time - JST (-09:00)"
    TimeZones(51) = "Amur Summer Time - USZ8S (-10:00)"
    TimeZones(52) = "Amur Time - USZ8 (-9:00)"
    TimeZones(53) = "Moluccas Time - MT (-08:30)"
    TimeZones(54) = "Australian Western Daylight Time - AWDT (-09:00)"
    TimeZones(55) = "Australian Western Standard Time - AWST (-08:00)"
    TimeZones(56) = "China Daylight Time - CHDT (-09:00)"
    TimeZones(57) = "China Standard Time - CHST (-08:00)"
    TimeZones(58) = "Irkutsk Summer Time - USZ7S (-9:00)"
    TimeZones(59) = "Irkutsk Time - USZ7 (-8:00)"
    TimeZones(60) = "Java Time - JT (-07:30)"
    TimeZones(61) = "Yenisei Summer Time - USZ6S (-08:00)"
    TimeZones(62) = "Yenisei Time - USZ6 (-07:00)"
    TimeZones(63) = "North Sumatra Time - NSUT (-06:30)"
    TimeZones(64) = "West-Siberian Summer Time - USZ5S (-07:00)"
    TimeZones(65) = "West-Siberian Time - USZ5 (-06:00)"
    TimeZones(66) = "Indian Daylight Time - IDT (-06:30)"
    TimeZones(67) = "Indian Time - IST (-05:30)"
    TimeZones(68) = "Ural Summer Time - USZ4S (-06:00)"
    TimeZones(69) = "Ural Time - USZ4 (-05:00)"
    TimeZones(70) = "Volga Summer Time - USZ3S (-05:00)"
    TimeZones(71) = "Volga Time - USZ3 (-04:00)"
    TimeZones(72) = "Iran Daylight Time - IRDT (-04:30)"
    TimeZones(73) = "Iran Time - IT (-03:30)"
    TimeZones(74) = "Moscow Summer Time - MSKS (-04:00)"
    TimeZones(75) = "Moscow Time - MSK (-03:00)"
    TimeZones(76) = "Baghdad Daylight Time - BADT (-04:00)"
    TimeZones(77) = "Baghdad Time - BAT (-03:00)"
    TimeZones(78) = "Eastern European Daylight Time - EEDT (-03:00)"
    TimeZones(79) = "Eastern European Time - EET (-02:00)"
    TimeZones(80) = "Kaliningrad Summer Time - USZ1S (-03:00)"
    TimeZones(81) = "Kaliningrad Time - USZ1 (-02:00)"
    TimeZones(82) = "Central European Daylight Time - CEDT (-02:00)"
    TimeZones(83) = "Central European Time - CET (-01:00)"
    TimeZones(84) = "British Double Summer Time - BDST (-02:00)"
    TimeZones(85) = "British Summer Time - BST (-01:00)"

Regards,

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John Halloran, Halloran Software
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