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12<h1>TIMEZONES</h1>
13
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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>&lt;TIMEZONES&gt;<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>&lt;/TIMEZONES&gt;<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>
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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
48can be defined only by the
49<CODE>TIMEZONES</CODE> element
50The format of each line of content is
51"<VAR>timezone_acronym</VAR><CODE>:</CODE><VAR>time_offset</VAR>",
52where <VAR>time_offset</VAR> is in <tt>[-]HHMM</tt> notation.
53Examples of timezone acronyms are: <CODE>UTC</CODE>, <CODE>PDT</CODE>,
54<CODE>EST</CODE>. The time offsets should be positive for timezones
55West 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
61of what is used in dates in messages. For example, an EST time will
62look 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,
68EST is mapped to <tt>0500</tt>, since <tt>0500</tt> must be added to
69the 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
76time offsets. Therefore, the list given in the resource file will
77augment the default list. If "<CODE>Override</CODE>" attribute is
78specified, any local lists specified in previous <CODE>TIMEZONES</CODE>
79elements are replaced.
80</P>
81
82<P>Much of the time, the date used by MHonArc has a time
83offset instead of a timezone acronym. However, mail messages may
84contain timezone acronyms in received/sent dates and MHonArc
85must be told what hour offset to add to the give time to get UTC time
86to properly sort messages by date. </P>
87
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89<hr>
90<h2>Default Setting</h2>
91
92<p>The following table shows the zones and values currently known
93to 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>&nbsp;</td></tr>
105<tr><th align="left">AHST</th><td align="right">1000</td><td>&nbsp;</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
185resource file:
186</p>
187<PRE>
188<b>&lt;TimeZones&gt;</b>
189ACDT:-1030
190ACST:-0930
191ADT:0300
192AEDT:-1100
193AEST:-1000
194AHDT:0900
195AHST:1000
196AST:0400
197AT:0200
198AWDT:-0900
199AWST:-0800
200BAT:-0300
201BDST:-0200
202BET:1100
203BST:-0100
204BT:-0300
205BZT2:0300
206CADT:-1030
207CAST:-0930
208CAT:1000
209CCT:-0800
210CDT:0500
211CED:-0200
212CET:-0100
213CST:0600
214EAST:-1000
215EDT:0400
216EED:-0300
217EET:-0200
218EEST:-0300
219EST:0500
220FST:-0200
221FWT:-0100
222GMT:0000
223GST:-1000
224HDT:0900
225HST:1000
226IDLE:-1200
227IDLW:1200
228IST:-0530
229IT:-0330
230JST:-0900
231JT:-0700
232KST:-0900
233MDT:0600
234MED:-0200
235MET:-0100
236MEST:-0200
237MEWT:-0100
238MST:0700
239MT:-0800
240NDT:0230
241NFT:0330
242NT:1100
243NST:-0630
244NZ:-1100
245NZST:-1200
246NZDT:-1300
247NZT:-1200
248PDT:0700
249PST:0800
250ROK:-0900
251SAD:-1000
252SAST:-0900
253SAT:-0900
254SDT:-1000
255SST:-0200
256SWT:-0100
257USZ3:-0400
258USZ4:-0500
259USZ5:-0600
260USZ6:-0700
261UT:0000
262UTC:0000
263UZ10:-1100
264WAT:0100
265WET:0000
266WST:-0800
267YDT:0800
268YST:0900
269ZP4:-0400
270ZP5:-0500
271ZP6:-0600
272<b>&lt;/TimeZones&gt;</b>
273</PRE>
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276<hr>
277<h2>Resource Variables</h2>
278
279<p>N/A
280</p>
281
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283<hr>
284<h2>Examples</h2>
285
286<p>Some zone acronyms are not unique, and have different time offsets.
287The 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
298MHonArc, the following TIMEZONES setting would be used:
299</p>
300<PRE>
301<b>&lt;TimeZones&gt;</b>
302BST:0300
303NST:0330
304GST:0300
305<b>&lt;/TimeZones&gt;</b>
306</PRE>
307
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309<hr>
310<h2>Version</h2>
311
312<p>1.0
313</p>
314
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316<hr>
317<h2>See Also</h2>
318
319<p>
320</p>
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329<address>
330$Date: 2002/07/27 05:13:11 $ <br>
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