<html> <head> <title>MHonArc Resources: TIMEZONES</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../docstyles.css"> </head> <body> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="tidxprefix.html">TIDXPREFIX</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#timezones">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="tindentbegin.html">TINDENTBEGIN</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <h1>TIMEZONES</h1> <!--X-TOC-Start--> <ul> <li><a href="#syntax">Syntax</a> <li><a href="#description">Description</a> <li><a href="#default">Default Setting</a> <li><a href="#rcvars">Resource Variables</a> <li><a href="#examples">Examples</a> <li><a href="#version">Version</a> <li><a href="#seealso">See Also</a> </ul> <!--X-TOC-End--> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="syntax">Syntax</a></h2> <dl> <dt><strong>Envariable</strong></dt> <dd><p>N/A </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Element</strong></dt> <dd><p> <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> <var>...</var><br> <code></TIMEZONES><br></code> </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Command-line Option</strong></dt> <dd><p>N/A </p> </dd> </dl> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="description">Description</a></h2> <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. </P> <table border=0 cellpadding=4> <tr valign=top> <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: </p> <pre> Sat, 10 Sep 1994 15:11:10 -0500 </pre> <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> </td> </tr> </table> <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> elements are replaced. </P> <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. </P> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="default">Default Setting</a></h2> <p>The following table shows the zones and values currently known to MHonArc: </p> <table border=1> <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> </table> <p>The following shows how these values would be specified in a resource file: </p> <PRE> <b><TimeZones></b> ACDT:-1030 ACST:-0930 ADT:0300 AEDT:-1100 AEST:-1000 AHDT:0900 AHST:1000 AST:0400 AT:0200 AWDT:-0900 AWST:-0800 BAT:-0300 BDST:-0200 BET:1100 BST:-0100 BT:-0300 BZT2:0300 CADT:-1030 CAST:-0930 CAT:1000 CCT:-0800 CDT:0500 CED:-0200 CET:-0100 CST:0600 EAST:-1000 EDT:0400 EED:-0300 EET:-0200 EEST:-0300 EST:0500 FST:-0200 FWT:-0100 GMT:0000 GST:-1000 HDT:0900 HST:1000 IDLE:-1200 IDLW:1200 IST:-0530 IT:-0330 JST:-0900 JT:-0700 KST:-0900 MDT:0600 MED:-0200 MET:-0100 MEST:-0200 MEWT:-0100 MST:0700 MT:-0800 NDT:0230 NFT:0330 NT:1100 NST:-0630 NZ:-1100 NZST:-1200 NZDT:-1300 NZT:-1200 PDT:0700 PST:0800 ROK:-0900 SAD:-1000 SAST:-0900 SAT:-0900 SDT:-1000 SST:-0200 SWT:-0100 USZ3:-0400 USZ4:-0500 USZ5:-0600 USZ6:-0700 UT:0000 UTC:0000 UZ10:-1100 WAT:0100 WET:0000 WST:-0800 YDT:0800 YST:0900 ZP4:-0400 ZP5:-0500 ZP6:-0600 <b></TimeZones></b> </PRE> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="rcvars">Resource Variables</a></h2> <p>N/A </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="examples">Examples</a></h2> <p>Some zone acronyms are not unique, and have different time offsets. The following table describes alternative values for these zones: </p> <table border=1> <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> </table> <p>To have the above values used instead of the default values use by MHonArc, the following TIMEZONES setting would be used: </p> <PRE> <b><TimeZones></b> BST:0300 NST:0330 GST:0300 <b></TimeZones></b> </PRE> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="version">Version</a></h2> <p>1.0 </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="seealso">See Also</a></h2> <p> </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="tidxprefix.html">TIDXPREFIX</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#timezones">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="tindentbegin.html">TINDENTBEGIN</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <address> $Date: 2002/12/10 04:08:04 $ <br> <img align="top" src="../monicon.png" alt=""> <a href="http://www.mhonarc.org/"><strong>MHonArc</strong></a><br> Copyright © 1997-1998, <a href="http://www.earlhood.com/">Earl Hood</a>, <a href="mailto:mhonarc@mhonarc.org">mhonarc@mhonarc.org</a><br> </address> </body> </html>