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, ------------------------------------------- John Halloran, Halloran Software P.O. Box 75713, Los Angeles, CA 90075 U.S.A. http://www.halloran.com/ e-mail: seagoat@primenet.com