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<dt><strong>Envariable
</strong></dt>
<dt><strong>Element
</strong></dt>
<code><TIMEZONES
><br></code>
<VAR>timezone_acronym
</VAR><CODE>:
</CODE><VAR>time_offset
</VAR><br>
<VAR>timezone_acronym
</VAR><CODE>:
</CODE><VAR>time_offset
</VAR><br>
<code></TIMEZONES
><br></code>
<dt><strong>Command-line Option
</strong></dt>
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<p>TIMEZONES maps timezones to hour offsets from UTC/GMT
(
<EM>Universal Coordinate Time
</EM>). The TIMEZONES resource
can be defined only by the
<CODE>TIMEZONES
</CODE> element
The format of each line of content is
"<VAR>timezone_acronym</VAR><CODE>:</CODE><VAR>time_offset</VAR>",
where
<VAR>time_offset
</VAR> is in
<tt>[-]HHMM
</tt> notation.
Examples of timezone acronyms are:
<CODE>UTC
</CODE>,
<CODE>PDT
</CODE>,
<CODE>EST
</CODE>. The time offsets should be positive for timezones
West of UTC, and negative for time zones East of UTC.
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<td><strong>NOTE
</strong></td>
<td><P>Timezone settings in MHonArc are the negative inverse
of what is used in dates in messages. For example, an EST time will
look like the following in a mail message:
Sat,
10 Sep
1994 15:
11:
10 -
0500
<p>Notice that
<tt>-
0500</tt> is used for EST. However, in MHonArc,
EST is mapped to
<tt>0500</tt>, since
<tt>0500</tt> must be added to
the specified date/time to get the UTC date/time.
<P>MHonArc has a default list of timezone acronyms defined with
time offsets. Therefore, the list given in the resource file will
augment the default list. If
"<CODE>Override</CODE>" attribute is
specified, any local lists specified in previous
<CODE>TIMEZONES
</CODE>
<P>Much of the time, the date used by MHonArc has a time
offset instead of a timezone acronym. However, mail messages may
contain timezone acronyms in received/sent dates and MHonArc
must be told what hour offset to add to the give time to get UTC time
to properly sort messages by date.
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<p>The following table shows the zones and values currently known
<tr><th align=
"left">Zone
</th>
<th align=
"left">Offset
</th>
<th align=
"left">Description
</th></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">ACDT
</th><td align=
"right">-
1030</td><td>Australian Central Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">ACST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0930</td><td>Australian Central Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">ADT
</th><td align=
"right">0300</td><td>(US) Atlantic Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">AEDT
</th><td align=
"right">-
1100</td><td>Australian East Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">AEST
</th><td align=
"right">-
1000</td><td>Australian East Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">AHDT
</th><td align=
"right">0900</td><td> </td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">AHST
</th><td align=
"right">1000</td><td> </td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">AST
</th><td align=
"right">0400</td><td>(US) Atlantic Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">AT
</th><td align=
"right">0200</td><td>Azores
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">AWDT
</th><td align=
"right">-
0900</td><td>Australian West Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">AWST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0800</td><td>Australian West Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">BAT
</th><td align=
"right">-
0300</td><td>Baghdad
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">BDST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0200</td><td>British Double Summer
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">BET
</th><td align=
"right">1100</td><td>Bering Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">BST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0100</td><td>British Summer
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">BT
</th><td align=
"right">-
0300</td><td>Baghdad
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">BZT2
</th><td align=
"right">0300</td><td>Brazil Zone
2</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">CADT
</th><td align=
"right">-
1030</td><td>Central Australian Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">CAST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0930</td><td>Central Australian Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">CAT
</th><td align=
"right">1000</td><td>Central Alaska
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">CCT
</th><td align=
"right">-
0800</td><td>China Coast
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">CDT
</th><td align=
"right">0500</td><td>(US) Central Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">CED
</th><td align=
"right">-
0200</td><td>Central European Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">CET
</th><td align=
"right">-
0100</td><td>Central European
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">CST
</th><td align=
"right">0600</td><td>(US) Central Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">EAST
</th><td align=
"right">-
1000</td><td>Eastern Australian Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">EDT
</th><td align=
"right">0400</td><td>(US) Eastern Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">EED
</th><td align=
"right">-
0300</td><td>Eastern European Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">EET
</th><td align=
"right">-
0200</td><td>Eastern Europe
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">EEST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0300</td><td>Eastern Europe Summer
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">EST
</th><td align=
"right">0500</td><td>(US) Eastern Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">FST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0200</td><td>French Summer
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">FWT
</th><td align=
"right">-
0100</td><td>French Winter
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">GMT
</th><td align=
"right">0000</td><td>Greenwich Mean
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">GST
</th><td align=
"right">-
1000</td><td>Guam Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">HDT
</th><td align=
"right">0900</td><td>Hawaii Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">HST
</th><td align=
"right">1000</td><td>Hawaii Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">IDLE
</th><td align=
"right">-
1200</td><td>Internation Date Line East
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">IDLW
</th><td align=
"right">1200</td><td>Internation Date Line West
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">IST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0530</td><td>Indian Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">IT
</th><td align=
"right">-
0330</td><td>Iran
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">JST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0900</td><td>Japan Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">JT
</th><td align=
"right">-
0700</td><td>Java
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">KST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0900</td><td>Korean Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">MDT
</th><td align=
"right">0600</td><td>(US) Mountain Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">MED
</th><td align=
"right">-
0200</td><td>Middle European Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">MET
</th><td align=
"right">-
0100</td><td>Middle European
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">MEST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0200</td><td>Middle European Summer
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">MEWT
</th><td align=
"right">-
0100</td><td>Middle European Winter
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">MST
</th><td align=
"right">0700</td><td>(US) Mountain Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">MT
</th><td align=
"right">-
0800</td><td>Moluccas
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">NDT
</th><td align=
"right">0230</td><td>Newfoundland Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">NFT
</th><td align=
"right">0330</td><td>Newfoundland
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">NT
</th><td align=
"right">1100</td><td>Nome
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">NST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0630</td><td>North Sumatra
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">NZ
</th><td align=
"right">-
1100</td><td>New Zealand
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">NZST
</th><td align=
"right">-
1200</td><td>New Zealand Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">NZDT
</th><td align=
"right">-
1300</td><td>New Zealand Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">NZT
</th><td align=
"right">-
1200</td><td>New Zealand
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">PDT
</th><td align=
"right">0700</td><td>(US) Pacific Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">PST
</th><td align=
"right">0800</td><td>(US) Pacific Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">ROK
</th><td align=
"right">-
0900</td><td>Republic of Korea
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">SAD
</th><td align=
"right">-
1000</td><td>South Australia Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">SAST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0900</td><td>South Australia Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">SAT
</th><td align=
"right">-
0900</td><td>South Australia
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">SDT
</th><td align=
"right">-
1000</td><td>South Australia Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">SST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0200</td><td>Swedish Summer
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">SWT
</th><td align=
"right">-
0100</td><td>Swedish Winter
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">USZ3
</th><td align=
"right">-
0400</td><td>USSR Zone
3</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">USZ4
</th><td align=
"right">-
0500</td><td>USSR Zone
4</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">USZ5
</th><td align=
"right">-
0600</td><td>USSR Zone
5</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">USZ6
</th><td align=
"right">-
0700</td><td>USSR Zone
6</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">UT
</th><td align=
"right">0000</td><td>Universal Coordinated
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">UTC
</th><td align=
"right">0000</td><td>Universal Coordinated
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">UZ10
</th><td align=
"right">-
1100</td><td>USSR Zone
10</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">WAT
</th><td align=
"right">0100</td><td>West Africa
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">WET
</th><td align=
"right">0000</td><td>West European
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">WST
</th><td align=
"right">-
0800</td><td>West Australian Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">YDT
</th><td align=
"right">0800</td><td>Yukon Daylight
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">YST
</th><td align=
"right">0900</td><td>Yukon Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">ZP4
</th><td align=
"right">-
0400</td><td>USSR Zone
3</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">ZP5
</th><td align=
"right">-
0500</td><td>USSR Zone
4</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">ZP6
</th><td align=
"right">-
0600</td><td>USSR Zone
5</td></tr>
<p>The following shows how these values would be specified in a
<b></TimeZones
></b>
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<p>Some zone acronyms are not unique, and have different time offsets.
The following table describes alternative values for these zones:
<tr><th align=
"left">Zone
</th>
<th align=
"left">Offset
</th>
<th align=
"left">Description
</th></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">BST
</th><td align=
"right">0300</td><td>Brazil Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">NST
</th><td align=
"right">0330</td><td>Newfoundland Standard
</td></tr>
<tr><th align=
"left">GST
</th><td align=
"right">0300</td><td>Greenland Standard
</td></tr>
<p>To have the above values used instead of the default values use by
MHonArc, the following TIMEZONES setting would be used:
<b></TimeZones
></b>
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$Date:
2002/
07/
27 05:
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