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4 | <title>MHonArc Resources: TIMEZONES</title> | |
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11 | <hr> | |
12 | <h1>TIMEZONES</h1> | |
13 | ||
14 | <!-- *************************************************************** --> | |
15 | <hr> | |
16 | <h2>Syntax</h2> | |
17 | ||
18 | <dl> | |
19 | ||
20 | <dt><strong>Envariable</strong></dt> | |
21 | <dd><p>N/A | |
22 | </p> | |
23 | </dd> | |
24 | ||
25 | <dt><strong>Element</strong></dt> | |
26 | <dd><p> | |
27 | <code><TIMEZONES><br></code> | |
28 | <VAR>timezone_acronym</VAR><CODE>:</CODE><VAR>time_offset</VAR><br> | |
29 | <VAR>timezone_acronym</VAR><CODE>:</CODE><VAR>time_offset</VAR><br> | |
30 | <var>...</var><br> | |
31 | <code></TIMEZONES><br></code> | |
32 | </p> | |
33 | </dd> | |
34 | ||
35 | <dt><strong>Command-line Option</strong></dt> | |
36 | <dd><p>N/A | |
37 | </p> | |
38 | </dd> | |
39 | ||
40 | </dl> | |
41 | ||
42 | <!-- *************************************************************** --> | |
43 | <hr> | |
44 | <h2>Description</h2> | |
45 | ||
46 | <p>TIMEZONES maps timezones to hour offsets from UTC/GMT | |
47 | (<EM>Universal Coordinate Time</EM>). The TIMEZONES resource | |
48 | can be defined only by the | |
49 | <CODE>TIMEZONES</CODE> element | |
50 | The format of each line of content is | |
51 | "<VAR>timezone_acronym</VAR><CODE>:</CODE><VAR>time_offset</VAR>", | |
52 | where <VAR>time_offset</VAR> is in <tt>[-]HHMM</tt> notation. | |
53 | Examples of timezone acronyms are: <CODE>UTC</CODE>, <CODE>PDT</CODE>, | |
54 | <CODE>EST</CODE>. The time offsets should be positive for timezones | |
55 | West of UTC, and negative for time zones East of UTC. </P> | |
56 | ||
57 | <table border=0 cellpadding=4> | |
58 | <tr valign=top> | |
59 | <td><strong>NOTE</strong></td> | |
60 | <td><P>Timezone settings in MHonArc are the negative inverse | |
61 | of what is used in dates in messages. For example, an EST time will | |
62 | look like the following in a mail message: | |
63 | </p> | |
64 | <pre> | |
65 | Sat, 10 Sep 1994 15:11:10 -0500 | |
66 | </pre> | |
67 | <p>Notice that <tt>-0500</tt> is used for EST. However, in MHonArc, | |
68 | EST is mapped to <tt>0500</tt>, since <tt>0500</tt> must be added to | |
69 | the specified date/time to get the UTC date/time. | |
70 | </p> | |
71 | </td> | |
72 | </tr> | |
73 | </table> | |
74 | ||
75 | <P>MHonArc has a default list of timezone acronyms defined with | |
76 | time offsets. Therefore, the list given in the resource file will | |
77 | augment the default list. If "<CODE>Override</CODE>" attribute is | |
78 | specified, any local lists specified in previous <CODE>TIMEZONES</CODE> | |
79 | elements are replaced. | |
80 | </P> | |
81 | ||
82 | <P>Much of the time, the date used by MHonArc has a time | |
83 | offset instead of a timezone acronym. However, mail messages may | |
84 | contain timezone acronyms in received/sent dates and MHonArc | |
85 | must be told what hour offset to add to the give time to get UTC time | |
86 | to properly sort messages by date. </P> | |
87 | ||
88 | <!-- *************************************************************** --> | |
89 | <hr> | |
90 | <h2>Default Setting</h2> | |
91 | ||
92 | <p>The following table shows the zones and values currently known | |
93 | to MHonArc: | |
94 | </p> | |
95 | <table border=1> | |
96 | <tr><th align="left">Zone</th> | |
97 | <th align="left">Offset</th> | |
98 | <th align="left">Description</th></tr> | |
99 | <tr><th align="left">ACDT</th><td align="right">-1030</td><td>Australian Central Daylight</td></tr> | |
100 | <tr><th align="left">ACST</th><td align="right">-0930</td><td>Australian Central Standard</td></tr> | |
101 | <tr><th align="left">ADT</th><td align="right">0300</td><td>(US) Atlantic Daylight</td></tr> | |
102 | <tr><th align="left">AEDT</th><td align="right">-1100</td><td>Australian East Daylight</td></tr> | |
103 | <tr><th align="left">AEST</th><td align="right">-1000</td><td>Australian East Standard</td></tr> | |
104 | <tr><th align="left">AHDT</th><td align="right">0900</td><td> </td></tr> | |
105 | <tr><th align="left">AHST</th><td align="right">1000</td><td> </td></tr> | |
106 | <tr><th align="left">AST</th><td align="right">0400</td><td>(US) Atlantic Standard</td></tr> | |
107 | <tr><th align="left">AT</th><td align="right">0200</td><td>Azores</td></tr> | |
108 | <tr><th align="left">AWDT</th><td align="right">-0900</td><td>Australian West Daylight</td></tr> | |
109 | <tr><th align="left">AWST</th><td align="right">-0800</td><td>Australian West Standard</td></tr> | |
110 | <tr><th align="left">BAT</th><td align="right">-0300</td><td>Baghdad</td></tr> | |
111 | <tr><th align="left">BDST</th><td align="right">-0200</td><td>British Double Summer</td></tr> | |
112 | <tr><th align="left">BET</th><td align="right">1100</td><td>Bering Standard</td></tr> | |
113 | <tr><th align="left">BST</th><td align="right">-0100</td><td>British Summer</td></tr> | |
114 | <tr><th align="left">BT</th><td align="right">-0300</td><td>Baghdad</td></tr> | |
115 | <tr><th align="left">BZT2</th><td align="right">0300</td><td>Brazil Zone 2</td></tr> | |
116 | <tr><th align="left">CADT</th><td align="right">-1030</td><td>Central Australian Daylight</td></tr> | |
117 | <tr><th align="left">CAST</th><td align="right">-0930</td><td>Central Australian Standard</td></tr> | |
118 | <tr><th align="left">CAT</th><td align="right">1000</td><td>Central Alaska</td></tr> | |
119 | <tr><th align="left">CCT</th><td align="right">-0800</td><td>China Coast</td></tr> | |
120 | <tr><th align="left">CDT</th><td align="right">0500</td><td>(US) Central Daylight</td></tr> | |
121 | <tr><th align="left">CED</th><td align="right">-0200</td><td>Central European Daylight</td></tr> | |
122 | <tr><th align="left">CET</th><td align="right">-0100</td><td>Central European</td></tr> | |
123 | <tr><th align="left">CST</th><td align="right">0600</td><td>(US) Central Standard</td></tr> | |
124 | <tr><th align="left">EAST</th><td align="right">-1000</td><td>Eastern Australian Standard</td></tr> | |
125 | <tr><th align="left">EDT</th><td align="right">0400</td><td>(US) Eastern Daylight</td></tr> | |
126 | <tr><th align="left">EED</th><td align="right">-0300</td><td>Eastern European Daylight</td></tr> | |
127 | <tr><th align="left">EET</th><td align="right">-0200</td><td>Eastern Europe</td></tr> | |
128 | <tr><th align="left">EEST</th><td align="right">-0300</td><td>Eastern Europe Summer</td></tr> | |
129 | <tr><th align="left">EST</th><td align="right">0500</td><td>(US) Eastern Standard</td></tr> | |
130 | <tr><th align="left">FST</th><td align="right">-0200</td><td>French Summer</td></tr> | |
131 | <tr><th align="left">FWT</th><td align="right">-0100</td><td>French Winter</td></tr> | |
132 | <tr><th align="left">GMT</th><td align="right">0000</td><td>Greenwich Mean</td></tr> | |
133 | <tr><th align="left">GST</th><td align="right">-1000</td><td>Guam Standard</td></tr> | |
134 | <tr><th align="left">HDT</th><td align="right">0900</td><td>Hawaii Daylight</td></tr> | |
135 | <tr><th align="left">HST</th><td align="right">1000</td><td>Hawaii Standard</td></tr> | |
136 | <tr><th align="left">IDLE</th><td align="right">-1200</td><td>Internation Date Line East</td></tr> | |
137 | <tr><th align="left">IDLW</th><td align="right">1200</td><td>Internation Date Line West</td></tr> | |
138 | <tr><th align="left">IST</th><td align="right">-0530</td><td>Indian Standard</td></tr> | |
139 | <tr><th align="left">IT</th><td align="right">-0330</td><td>Iran</td></tr> | |
140 | <tr><th align="left">JST</th><td align="right">-0900</td><td>Japan Standard</td></tr> | |
141 | <tr><th align="left">JT</th><td align="right">-0700</td><td>Java</td></tr> | |
142 | <tr><th align="left">KST</th><td align="right">-0900</td><td>Korean Standard</td></tr> | |
143 | <tr><th align="left">MDT</th><td align="right">0600</td><td>(US) Mountain Daylight</td></tr> | |
144 | <tr><th align="left">MED</th><td align="right">-0200</td><td>Middle European Daylight</td></tr> | |
145 | <tr><th align="left">MET</th><td align="right">-0100</td><td>Middle European</td></tr> | |
146 | <tr><th align="left">MEST</th><td align="right">-0200</td><td>Middle European Summer</td></tr> | |
147 | <tr><th align="left">MEWT</th><td align="right">-0100</td><td>Middle European Winter</td></tr> | |
148 | <tr><th align="left">MST</th><td align="right">0700</td><td>(US) Mountain Standard</td></tr> | |
149 | <tr><th align="left">MT</th><td align="right">-0800</td><td>Moluccas</td></tr> | |
150 | <tr><th align="left">NDT</th><td align="right">0230</td><td>Newfoundland Daylight</td></tr> | |
151 | <tr><th align="left">NFT</th><td align="right">0330</td><td>Newfoundland</td></tr> | |
152 | <tr><th align="left">NT</th><td align="right">1100</td><td>Nome</td></tr> | |
153 | <tr><th align="left">NST</th><td align="right">-0630</td><td>North Sumatra</td></tr> | |
154 | <tr><th align="left">NZ</th><td align="right">-1100</td><td>New Zealand</td></tr> | |
155 | <tr><th align="left">NZST</th><td align="right">-1200</td><td>New Zealand Standard</td></tr> | |
156 | <tr><th align="left">NZDT</th><td align="right">-1300</td><td>New Zealand Daylight</td></tr> | |
157 | <tr><th align="left">NZT</th><td align="right">-1200</td><td>New Zealand</td></tr> | |
158 | <tr><th align="left">PDT</th><td align="right">0700</td><td>(US) Pacific Daylight</td></tr> | |
159 | <tr><th align="left">PST</th><td align="right">0800</td><td>(US) Pacific Standard</td></tr> | |
160 | <tr><th align="left">ROK</th><td align="right">-0900</td><td>Republic of Korea</td></tr> | |
161 | <tr><th align="left">SAD</th><td align="right">-1000</td><td>South Australia Daylight</td></tr> | |
162 | <tr><th align="left">SAST</th><td align="right">-0900</td><td>South Australia Standard</td></tr> | |
163 | <tr><th align="left">SAT</th><td align="right">-0900</td><td>South Australia</td></tr> | |
164 | <tr><th align="left">SDT</th><td align="right">-1000</td><td>South Australia Daylight</td></tr> | |
165 | <tr><th align="left">SST</th><td align="right">-0200</td><td>Swedish Summer</td></tr> | |
166 | <tr><th align="left">SWT</th><td align="right">-0100</td><td>Swedish Winter</td></tr> | |
167 | <tr><th align="left">USZ3</th><td align="right">-0400</td><td>USSR Zone 3</td></tr> | |
168 | <tr><th align="left">USZ4</th><td align="right">-0500</td><td>USSR Zone 4</td></tr> | |
169 | <tr><th align="left">USZ5</th><td align="right">-0600</td><td>USSR Zone 5</td></tr> | |
170 | <tr><th align="left">USZ6</th><td align="right">-0700</td><td>USSR Zone 6</td></tr> | |
171 | <tr><th align="left">UT</th><td align="right">0000</td><td>Universal Coordinated</td></tr> | |
172 | <tr><th align="left">UTC</th><td align="right">0000</td><td>Universal Coordinated</td></tr> | |
173 | <tr><th align="left">UZ10</th><td align="right">-1100</td><td>USSR Zone 10</td></tr> | |
174 | <tr><th align="left">WAT</th><td align="right">0100</td><td>West Africa</td></tr> | |
175 | <tr><th align="left">WET</th><td align="right">0000</td><td>West European</td></tr> | |
176 | <tr><th align="left">WST</th><td align="right">-0800</td><td>West Australian Standard</td></tr> | |
177 | <tr><th align="left">YDT</th><td align="right">0800</td><td>Yukon Daylight</td></tr> | |
178 | <tr><th align="left">YST</th><td align="right">0900</td><td>Yukon Standard</td></tr> | |
179 | <tr><th align="left">ZP4</th><td align="right">-0400</td><td>USSR Zone 3</td></tr> | |
180 | <tr><th align="left">ZP5</th><td align="right">-0500</td><td>USSR Zone 4</td></tr> | |
181 | <tr><th align="left">ZP6</th><td align="right">-0600</td><td>USSR Zone 5</td></tr> | |
182 | </table> | |
183 | ||
184 | <p>The following shows how these values would be specified in a | |
185 | resource file: | |
186 | </p> | |
187 | <PRE> | |
188 | <b><TimeZones></b> | |
189 | ACDT:-1030 | |
190 | ACST:-0930 | |
191 | ADT:0300 | |
192 | AEDT:-1100 | |
193 | AEST:-1000 | |
194 | AHDT:0900 | |
195 | AHST:1000 | |
196 | AST:0400 | |
197 | AT:0200 | |
198 | AWDT:-0900 | |
199 | AWST:-0800 | |
200 | BAT:-0300 | |
201 | BDST:-0200 | |
202 | BET:1100 | |
203 | BST:-0100 | |
204 | BT:-0300 | |
205 | BZT2:0300 | |
206 | CADT:-1030 | |
207 | CAST:-0930 | |
208 | CAT:1000 | |
209 | CCT:-0800 | |
210 | CDT:0500 | |
211 | CED:-0200 | |
212 | CET:-0100 | |
213 | CST:0600 | |
214 | EAST:-1000 | |
215 | EDT:0400 | |
216 | EED:-0300 | |
217 | EET:-0200 | |
218 | EEST:-0300 | |
219 | EST:0500 | |
220 | FST:-0200 | |
221 | FWT:-0100 | |
222 | GMT:0000 | |
223 | GST:-1000 | |
224 | HDT:0900 | |
225 | HST:1000 | |
226 | IDLE:-1200 | |
227 | IDLW:1200 | |
228 | IST:-0530 | |
229 | IT:-0330 | |
230 | JST:-0900 | |
231 | JT:-0700 | |
232 | KST:-0900 | |
233 | MDT:0600 | |
234 | MED:-0200 | |
235 | MET:-0100 | |
236 | MEST:-0200 | |
237 | MEWT:-0100 | |
238 | MST:0700 | |
239 | MT:-0800 | |
240 | NDT:0230 | |
241 | NFT:0330 | |
242 | NT:1100 | |
243 | NST:-0630 | |
244 | NZ:-1100 | |
245 | NZST:-1200 | |
246 | NZDT:-1300 | |
247 | NZT:-1200 | |
248 | PDT:0700 | |
249 | PST:0800 | |
250 | ROK:-0900 | |
251 | SAD:-1000 | |
252 | SAST:-0900 | |
253 | SAT:-0900 | |
254 | SDT:-1000 | |
255 | SST:-0200 | |
256 | SWT:-0100 | |
257 | USZ3:-0400 | |
258 | USZ4:-0500 | |
259 | USZ5:-0600 | |
260 | USZ6:-0700 | |
261 | UT:0000 | |
262 | UTC:0000 | |
263 | UZ10:-1100 | |
264 | WAT:0100 | |
265 | WET:0000 | |
266 | WST:-0800 | |
267 | YDT:0800 | |
268 | YST:0900 | |
269 | ZP4:-0400 | |
270 | ZP5:-0500 | |
271 | ZP6:-0600 | |
272 | <b></TimeZones></b> | |
273 | </PRE> | |
274 | ||
275 | <!-- *************************************************************** --> | |
276 | <hr> | |
277 | <h2>Resource Variables</h2> | |
278 | ||
279 | <p>N/A | |
280 | </p> | |
281 | ||
282 | <!-- *************************************************************** --> | |
283 | <hr> | |
284 | <h2>Examples</h2> | |
285 | ||
286 | <p>Some zone acronyms are not unique, and have different time offsets. | |
287 | The following table describes alternative values for these zones: | |
288 | </p> | |
289 | <table border=1> | |
290 | <tr><th align="left">Zone</th> | |
291 | <th align="left">Offset</th> | |
292 | <th align="left">Description</th></tr> | |
293 | <tr><th align="left">BST</th><td align="right">0300</td><td>Brazil Standard</td></tr> | |
294 | <tr><th align="left">NST</th><td align="right">0330</td><td>Newfoundland Standard</td></tr> | |
295 | <tr><th align="left">GST</th><td align="right">0300</td><td>Greenland Standard</td></tr> | |
296 | </table> | |
297 | <p>To have the above values used instead of the default values use by | |
298 | MHonArc, the following TIMEZONES setting would be used: | |
299 | </p> | |
300 | <PRE> | |
301 | <b><TimeZones></b> | |
302 | BST:0300 | |
303 | NST:0330 | |
304 | GST:0300 | |
305 | <b></TimeZones></b> | |
306 | </PRE> | |
307 | ||
308 | <!-- *************************************************************** --> | |
309 | <hr> | |
310 | <h2>Version</h2> | |
311 | ||
312 | <p>1.0 | |
313 | </p> | |
314 | ||
315 | <!-- *************************************************************** --> | |
316 | <hr> | |
317 | <h2>See Also</h2> | |
318 | ||
319 | <p> | |
320 | </p> | |
321 | ||
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329 | <address> | |
330 | $Date: 2002/07/27 05:13:11 $ <br> | |
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