July 2007 - tz - lists.iana.org

Re: Is there a list of "current" time zones?
by Eric Ulevik July 10, 2007

July 10, 2007

On 7/10/07, Tim Klein <tkpublic(a)timklein.fastmail.fm> wrote: > I'm helping to write an application that needs a menu for the user to > choose what time zone they live in. With ~400 time zones in the > database, that'd be a pretty daunting pull-down menu. You will find this menu in quite a few places. Generally people don't have a problem identifying their geographical location - which is what this list shows. To simplify the menu, get the user to first choose a continent (eg. "Australia" or "Europe") then a region from a smaller list. You could also move the most common selections to the top of the list. Regards, Eric Ulevik

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French Polynesia time zones
by Jesper Norgaard Welen July 9, 2007

July 9, 2007

Perhaps the following link will interest Eric Muller and the rest of the mailing list members: http://www.timegenie.com/country.time/pf/ The FAQ mentioned of the Tahiti tourism web site in fact has the URL http://www.tahiti-tourisme.com/planner/tahitifaqs.asp (it seems to have changed name since timegenie site documented it). Eric asked for a recognition of the three time zones in the tz database for French Polynesia. The explanation in the timegenie web site is: "According to the official <http://www.tahiti-tourisme.com/> Tahiti Tourisme web site, Tahiti and her Islands have two times zones. This information can be found in the <http://www.tahiti-tourisme.com/planner/faqs.asp> FAQ section. However, Tahiti and her islands have in fact three time zones. The third time zone is not mentioned on the Tahiti Tourisme web site. Most likely, the third time zone is not mentioned since it is not visited by many tourists due to its distance from the main island of Tahiti. Since there is no official mention of the third time zone, timegenie.com contacted a Tahiti Tourisme office by phone. The result was that timegenie.com received official confirmation of the third time zone. Based on the information provided by Tahiti Tourisme, the majority of the islands, including the island of Tahiti itself, are -10 hours UTC/GMT. The Marquesas Islands are -9 hours 30 minutes UTC/GMT. The Gambier Islands are the third time zone and they are -9 hours UTC/GMT." I hope it's alright to quote timegenie for this information. I haven't found myself an official French Polynesia goverment web site confirming this information, but my french is limited to a 40-hour course so it is not to much use in this investigation. Regards, - Jesper Jesper Nørgaard Welen Email: jnorgard(a)Prodigy.Net.mx Project Leader (Líder de Proyecto) Software CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo Dirección: CIMMYT Int. c/o Jesper Nørgaard Km. 45, Carretera México-Veracruz El Batán Texcoco, Edo. de México CP 56130 MEXICO Tel.: +52 (55) 58-04-20-04 ext. 1374 Fax: +52 (55) 58-04-75-58 Tel. Casa: 53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78 Download the shareware program World Time Explorer, I made: http://www.worldtimeexplorer.com/index.html

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French Polynesia
by Eric Muller July 3, 2007

July 3, 2007

If I read correctly the tz data for French Polynesia, there are three tz zones that are half an hour apart. I searched for an independent confirmation, but I can't find any evidence that FP has multiple local times. The best I have found so far is <http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/outremer/front?id=outremer/decouvrir_outre_mer…> which suggests that all of FP is in a single timezone. Any idea of the source of the current data? Thanks, Eric.

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