The list is by no means complete or comprehensive, as much of it comes out
of scripts designed to adjust the time on computers when Daylight Savings
Time (DST) rolls around. Also, I would consider it at least a little
suspect. First, because it was compiled by Americans, and you know how us
Americans are with geography :). Second, the data looks to be a little old,
circa 1991 (note the reference to the "Soviet Union").
The first column is an approximate name for the time zone described, the
second column gives the time relative to GMT, the third column takes a stab
at listing the country that the time zone is in, and the final column gives
one or more abbreviations that apply to that time zone (note that
abbreviations that end with "DST" or with "S" as the middle letter indicate
Daylight Savings Time is in effect).
I've also tried to roughly divide the listings into geographical groupings.
Hope this helps,
Raymond McCauley
Texas A&M University
scooter@tamu.edu
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Europe
Great Britain 0:00 GB-Eire GMT, BST
Western European nations +0:00 W-Eur WET, WET DST
Iceland +0:00 - WET
Middle European nations +1:00 M-Eur MET, MET DST
Poland +1:00 W-Eur MET, MET DST
Eastern European nations +2:00 E-Eur EET, EET DST
Turkey +3:00 Turkey EET, EET DST
Warsaw Pact/Soviet Union +3:00 M-Eur ????
North America
Canada/Newfoundland -3:30 Canada NST, NDT
Canada/Atlantic -4:00 Canada AST, ADT
Canada/Eastern -5:00 Canada EST, EDT
Canada/Central -6:00 Canada CST, CDT
Canada/East-Saskatchewan -6:00 Canada CST
Canada/Mountain -7:00 Canada MST, MDT
Canada/Pacific -8:00 Canada PST, PDT
Canada/Yukon -9:00 Canada YST, YDT
US/Eastern -5:00 US EST, EDT
US/Central -6:00 US CST, CDT
US/Mountain -7:00 US MST, MDT
US/Pacific -8:00 US PST, PDT
US/Yukon -9:00 US YST, YDT
US/Hawaii -10:00 US HST, PST, PDT, PPET
Mexico/BajaNorte -8:00 Mexico PST, PDT
Mexico/BajaSur -7:00 Mexico MST
Mexico/General -6:00 Mexico CST
South America
Brazil/East -3:00 Brazil EST, EDT
Brazil/West -4:00 Brazil WST, WDT
Brazil/Acre -5:00 Brazil AST, ADT
Brazil/DeNoronha -2:00 Brazil FST, FDT
Chile/Continental -4:00 Chile CST, CDT
Chile/EasterIsland -6:00 Chile EST, EDT
Asia
People's Repub. of China +8:00 PRC CST, CDT
(Yes, they really have only one time zone.)
Republic of Korea +9:00 ROK KST, KDT
Japan +9:00 Japan JST
Singapore +8:00 Singapore SST
Hongkong +8:00 U.K. HKT
ROC +8:00 - CST
Middle East
Israel +3:00 Israel IST, IDT
(This was the only listing I found)
Australia
Australia/Tasmania +10:00 Oz EST
Australia/Queensland +10:00 Oz EST
Australia/North +9:30 Oz CST
Australia/West +8:00 Oz WST
Australia/South +9:30 Oz CST