Comments on: Presenting a list of Timezones to the user http://www.aviblock.com/blog/2009/03/12/presenting-a-list-of-timezones-to-the-user/ My musings on web development Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:50:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jonathan Matthews http://www.aviblock.com/blog/2009/03/12/presenting-a-list-of-timezones-to-the-user/comment-page-1/#comment-17915 Jonathan Matthews Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:55:32 +0000 http://www.aviblock.com/blog/?p=3#comment-17915 I think some values in the list may be incorrect. Looking at the following it seems the Olson values have the +/- reversed: (GMT-10:00) Hawaii (GMT-08:00) Pitcairn Islands (GMT+11:00) Solomon Is., New Caledonia (GMT+12:00) Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is. I think some values in the list may be incorrect. Looking at the following it seems the Olson values have the +/- reversed:

(GMT-10:00) Hawaii
(GMT-08:00) Pitcairn Islands
(GMT+11:00) Solomon Is., New Caledonia
(GMT+12:00) Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is.

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]]> By: Rennex http://www.aviblock.com/blog/2009/03/12/presenting-a-list-of-timezones-to-the-user/comment-page-1/#comment-15223 Rennex Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:49:38 +0000 http://www.aviblock.com/blog/?p=3#comment-15223 I do not approve of this list. First of all, timezones should relate to UTC these days, not GMT. And I'm from Helsinki (UTC+2 with EU DST rules), but the only +2 zones I see are in the Middle East or Eastern Europe, and I can't trust them to change DST at the correct time. Proper timezone selection lists have typically included Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn, Athens in my zone - your list has none of them. How did you choose which names to keep and which to drop? I think capital cities should've been kept... I do not approve of this list. First of all, timezones should relate to UTC these days, not GMT. And I’m from Helsinki (UTC+2 with EU DST rules), but the only +2 zones I see are in the Middle East or Eastern Europe, and I can’t trust them to change DST at the correct time.

Proper timezone selection lists have typically included Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn, Athens in my zone – your list has none of them. How did you choose which names to keep and which to drop? I think capital cities should’ve been kept…

]]> By: Andrew Szczepanski http://www.aviblock.com/blog/2009/03/12/presenting-a-list-of-timezones-to-the-user/comment-page-1/#comment-6761 Andrew Szczepanski Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:37:11 +0000 http://www.aviblock.com/blog/?p=3#comment-6761 Sorry, removed the GMT offsets from that, which isn't good for usability. Updated it: TimeZone: pacific/midway: olson: Pacific/Midway text: (GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa america/adak: olson: America/Adak text: (GMT-10:00) Hawaii-Aleutian etc/gmt+10: olson: Etc/GMT+10 text: (GMT-10:00) Hawaii pacific/marquesas: olson: Pacific/Marquesas text: (GMT-09:30) Marquesas Islands pacific/gambier: olson: Pacific/Gambier text: (GMT-09:00) Gambier Islands america/anchorage: olson: America/Anchorage text: (GMT-09:00) Alaska america/ensenada: olson: America/Ensenada text: (GMT-08:00) Tijuana, Baja California etc/gmt+8: olson: Etc/GMT+8 text: (GMT-08:00) Pitcairn Islands america/los_angeles: olson: America/Los_Angeles text: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) america/denver: olson: America/Denver text: (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada) america/chihuahua: olson: America/Chihuahua text: (GMT-07:00) Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan america/dawson_creek: olson: America/Dawson_Creek text: (GMT-07:00) Arizona america/belize: olson: America/Belize text: (GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan, Central America america/cancun: olson: America/Cancun text: (GMT-06:00) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey chile/easterisland: olson: Chile/EasterIsland text: (GMT-06:00) Easter Island america/chicago: olson: America/Chicago text: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) america/new_york: olson: America/New_York text: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) america/havana: olson: America/Havana text: (GMT-05:00) Cuba america/bogota: olson: America/Bogota text: (GMT-05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito, Rio Branco america/caracas: olson: America/Caracas text: (GMT-04:30) Caracas america/santiago: olson: America/Santiago text: (GMT-04:00) Santiago america/la_paz: olson: America/La_Paz text: (GMT-04:00) La Paz atlantic/stanley: olson: Atlantic/Stanley text: (GMT-04:00) Faukland Islands america/campo_grande: olson: America/Campo_Grande text: (GMT-04:00) Brazil america/goose_bay: olson: America/Goose_Bay text: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Goose Bay) america/glace_bay: olson: America/Glace_Bay text: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada) america/st_johns: olson: America/St_Johns text: (GMT-03:30) Newfoundland america/araguaina: olson: America/Araguaina text: (GMT-03:00) UTC-3 america/montevideo: olson: America/Montevideo text: (GMT-03:00) Montevideo america/miquelon: olson: America/Miquelon text: (GMT-03:00) Miquelon, St. Pierre america/godthab: olson: America/Godthab text: (GMT-03:00) Greenland america/argentina/buenos_aires: olson: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires text: (GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires america/sao_paulo: olson: America/Sao_Paulo text: (GMT-03:00) Brasilia america/noronha: olson: America/Noronha text: (GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic atlantic/cape_verde: olson: Atlantic/Cape_Verde text: (GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Is. atlantic/azores: olson: Atlantic/Azores text: (GMT-01:00) Azores europe/belfast: olson: Europe/Belfast text: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Belfast europe/dublin: olson: Europe/Dublin text: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin europe/lisbon: olson: Europe/Lisbon text: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Lisbon europe/london: olson: Europe/London text: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : London africa/abidjan: olson: Africa/Abidjan text: (GMT) Monrovia, Reykjavik europe/amsterdam: olson: Europe/Amsterdam text: (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna europe/belgrade: olson: Europe/Belgrade text: (GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague europe/brussels: olson: Europe/Brussels text: (GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris africa/algiers: olson: Africa/Algiers text: (GMT+01:00) West Central Africa africa/windhoek: olson: Africa/Windhoek text: (GMT+01:00) Windhoek asia/beirut: olson: Asia/Beirut text: (GMT+02:00) Beirut africa/cairo: olson: Africa/Cairo text: (GMT+02:00) Cairo asia/gaza: olson: Asia/Gaza text: (GMT+02:00) Gaza africa/blantyre: olson: Africa/Blantyre text: (GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria asia/jerusalem: olson: Asia/Jerusalem text: (GMT+02:00) Jerusalem europe/minsk: olson: Europe/Minsk text: (GMT+02:00) Minsk asia/damascus: olson: Asia/Damascus text: (GMT+02:00) Syria europe/moscow: olson: Europe/Moscow text: (GMT+03:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd africa/addis_ababa: olson: Africa/Addis_Ababa text: (GMT+03:00) Nairobi asia/tehran: olson: Asia/Tehran text: (GMT+03:30) Tehran asia/dubai: olson: Asia/Dubai text: (GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat asia/yerevan: olson: Asia/Yerevan text: (GMT+04:00) Yerevan asia/kabul: olson: Asia/Kabul text: (GMT+04:30) Kabul asia/yekaterinburg: olson: Asia/Yekaterinburg text: (GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg asia/tashkent: olson: Asia/Tashkent text: (GMT+05:00) Tashkent asia/kolkata: olson: Asia/Kolkata text: (GMT+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi asia/katmandu: olson: Asia/Katmandu text: (GMT+05:45) Kathmandu asia/dhaka: olson: Asia/Dhaka text: (GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka asia/novosibirsk: olson: Asia/Novosibirsk text: (GMT+06:00) Novosibirsk asia/rangoon: olson: Asia/Rangoon text: text: (GMT+06:30) Yangon (Rangoon) asia/bangkok: olson: Asia/Bangkok (GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta asia/krasnoyarsk: olson: Asia/Krasnoyarsk text: (GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk asia/hong_kong: olson: Asia/Hong_Kong text: (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi asia/irkutsk: olson: Asia/Irkutsk text: (GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar australia/perth: olson: Australia/Perth text: (GMT+08:00) Perth australia/eucla: olson: Australia/Eucla text: (GMT+08:45) Eucla asia/tokyo: olson: Asia/Tokyo text: (GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo asia/seoul: olson: Asia/Seoul text: (GMT+09:00) Seoul asia/yakutsk: olson: Asia/Yakutsk text: (GMT+09:00) Yakutsk australia/adelaide: olson: Australia/Adelaide text: (GMT+09:30) Adelaide australia/darwin: olson: Australia/Darwin text: (GMT+09:30) Darwin australia/brisbane: olson: Australia/Brisbane text: (GMT+10:00) Brisbane australia/hobart: olson: Australia/Hobart text: (GMT+10:00) Hobart asia/vladivostok: olson: Asia/Vladivostok text: (GMT+10:00) Vladivostok australia/lord_howe: olson: Australia/Lord_Howe text: (GMT+10:30) Lord Howe Island etc/gmt-11: olson: Etc/GMT-11 text: (GMT+11:00) Solomon Is., New Caledonia asia/magadan: olson: Asia/Magadan text: (GMT+11:00) Magadan pacific/norfolk: olson: Pacific/Norfolk text: (GMT+11:30) Norfolk Island asia/anadyr: olson: Asia/Anadyr text: (GMT+12:00) Anadyr, Kamchatka pacific/auckland: olson: Pacific/Auckland text: (GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington etc/gmt-12: olson: Etc/GMT-12 text: (GMT+12:00) Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is. pacific/chatham: olson: Pacific/Chatham text: (GMT+12:45) Chatham Islands pacific/tongatapu: olson: Pacific/Tongatapu text: (GMT+13:00) Nuku'alofa pacific/kiritimati: olson: Pacific/Kiritimati text: (GMT+14:00) Kiritimati Sorry, removed the GMT offsets from that, which isn’t good for usability. Updated it:

TimeZone:
pacific/midway:
olson: Pacific/Midway
text: (GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa
america/adak:
olson: America/Adak
text: (GMT-10:00) Hawaii-Aleutian
etc/gmt+10:
olson: Etc/GMT+10
text: (GMT-10:00) Hawaii
pacific/marquesas:
olson: Pacific/Marquesas
text: (GMT-09:30) Marquesas Islands
pacific/gambier:
olson: Pacific/Gambier
text: (GMT-09:00) Gambier Islands
america/anchorage:
olson: America/Anchorage
text: (GMT-09:00) Alaska
america/ensenada:
olson: America/Ensenada
text: (GMT-08:00) Tijuana, Baja California
etc/gmt+8:
olson: Etc/GMT+8
text: (GMT-08:00) Pitcairn Islands
america/los_angeles:
olson: America/Los_Angeles
text: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
america/denver:
olson: America/Denver
text: (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)
america/chihuahua:
olson: America/Chihuahua
text: (GMT-07:00) Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan
america/dawson_creek:
olson: America/Dawson_Creek
text: (GMT-07:00) Arizona
america/belize:
olson: America/Belize
text: (GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan, Central America
america/cancun:
olson: America/Cancun
text: (GMT-06:00) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey
chile/easterisland:
olson: Chile/EasterIsland
text: (GMT-06:00) Easter Island
america/chicago:
olson: America/Chicago
text: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
america/new_york:
olson: America/New_York
text: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
america/havana:
olson: America/Havana
text: (GMT-05:00) Cuba
america/bogota:
olson: America/Bogota
text: (GMT-05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito, Rio Branco
america/caracas:
olson: America/Caracas
text: (GMT-04:30) Caracas
america/santiago:
olson: America/Santiago
text: (GMT-04:00) Santiago
america/la_paz:
olson: America/La_Paz
text: (GMT-04:00) La Paz
atlantic/stanley:
olson: Atlantic/Stanley
text: (GMT-04:00) Faukland Islands
america/campo_grande:
olson: America/Campo_Grande
text: (GMT-04:00) Brazil
america/goose_bay:
olson: America/Goose_Bay
text: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Goose Bay)
america/glace_bay:
olson: America/Glace_Bay
text: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
america/st_johns:
olson: America/St_Johns
text: (GMT-03:30) Newfoundland
america/araguaina:
olson: America/Araguaina
text: (GMT-03:00) UTC-3
america/montevideo:
olson: America/Montevideo
text: (GMT-03:00) Montevideo
america/miquelon:
olson: America/Miquelon
text: (GMT-03:00) Miquelon, St. Pierre
america/godthab:
olson: America/Godthab
text: (GMT-03:00) Greenland
america/argentina/buenos_aires:
olson: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
text: (GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires
america/sao_paulo:
olson: America/Sao_Paulo
text: (GMT-03:00) Brasilia
america/noronha:
olson: America/Noronha
text: (GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic
atlantic/cape_verde:
olson: Atlantic/Cape_Verde
text: (GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Is.
atlantic/azores:
olson: Atlantic/Azores
text: (GMT-01:00) Azores
europe/belfast:
olson: Europe/Belfast
text: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Belfast
europe/dublin:
olson: Europe/Dublin
text: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin
europe/lisbon:
olson: Europe/Lisbon
text: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Lisbon
europe/london:
olson: Europe/London
text: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : London
africa/abidjan:
olson: Africa/Abidjan
text: (GMT) Monrovia, Reykjavik
europe/amsterdam:
olson: Europe/Amsterdam
text: (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
europe/belgrade:
olson: Europe/Belgrade
text: (GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague
europe/brussels:
olson: Europe/Brussels
text: (GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris
africa/algiers:
olson: Africa/Algiers
text: (GMT+01:00) West Central Africa
africa/windhoek:
olson: Africa/Windhoek
text: (GMT+01:00) Windhoek
asia/beirut:
olson: Asia/Beirut
text: (GMT+02:00) Beirut
africa/cairo:
olson: Africa/Cairo
text: (GMT+02:00) Cairo
asia/gaza:
olson: Asia/Gaza
text: (GMT+02:00) Gaza
africa/blantyre:
olson: Africa/Blantyre
text: (GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria
asia/jerusalem:
olson: Asia/Jerusalem
text: (GMT+02:00) Jerusalem
europe/minsk:
olson: Europe/Minsk
text: (GMT+02:00) Minsk
asia/damascus:
olson: Asia/Damascus
text: (GMT+02:00) Syria
europe/moscow:
olson: Europe/Moscow
text: (GMT+03:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd
africa/addis_ababa:
olson: Africa/Addis_Ababa
text: (GMT+03:00) Nairobi
asia/tehran:
olson: Asia/Tehran
text: (GMT+03:30) Tehran
asia/dubai:
olson: Asia/Dubai
text: (GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat
asia/yerevan:
olson: Asia/Yerevan
text: (GMT+04:00) Yerevan
asia/kabul:
olson: Asia/Kabul
text: (GMT+04:30) Kabul
asia/yekaterinburg:
olson: Asia/Yekaterinburg
text: (GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg
asia/tashkent:
olson: Asia/Tashkent
text: (GMT+05:00) Tashkent
asia/kolkata:
olson: Asia/Kolkata
text: (GMT+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi
asia/katmandu:
olson: Asia/Katmandu
text: (GMT+05:45) Kathmandu
asia/dhaka:
olson: Asia/Dhaka
text: (GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka
asia/novosibirsk:
olson: Asia/Novosibirsk
text: (GMT+06:00) Novosibirsk
asia/rangoon:
olson: Asia/Rangoon
text: text: (GMT+06:30) Yangon (Rangoon)
asia/bangkok:
olson: Asia/Bangkok
(GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta
asia/krasnoyarsk:
olson: Asia/Krasnoyarsk
text: (GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk
asia/hong_kong:
olson: Asia/Hong_Kong
text: (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi
asia/irkutsk:
olson: Asia/Irkutsk
text: (GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar
australia/perth:
olson: Australia/Perth
text: (GMT+08:00) Perth
australia/eucla:
olson: Australia/Eucla
text: (GMT+08:45) Eucla
asia/tokyo:
olson: Asia/Tokyo
text: (GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo
asia/seoul:
olson: Asia/Seoul
text: (GMT+09:00) Seoul
asia/yakutsk:
olson: Asia/Yakutsk
text: (GMT+09:00) Yakutsk
australia/adelaide:
olson: Australia/Adelaide
text: (GMT+09:30) Adelaide
australia/darwin:
olson: Australia/Darwin
text: (GMT+09:30) Darwin
australia/brisbane:
olson: Australia/Brisbane
text: (GMT+10:00) Brisbane
australia/hobart:
olson: Australia/Hobart
text: (GMT+10:00) Hobart
asia/vladivostok:
olson: Asia/Vladivostok
text: (GMT+10:00) Vladivostok
australia/lord_howe:
olson: Australia/Lord_Howe
text: (GMT+10:30) Lord Howe Island
etc/gmt-11:
olson: Etc/GMT-11
text: (GMT+11:00) Solomon Is., New Caledonia
asia/magadan:
olson: Asia/Magadan
text: (GMT+11:00) Magadan
pacific/norfolk:
olson: Pacific/Norfolk
text: (GMT+11:30) Norfolk Island
asia/anadyr:
olson: Asia/Anadyr
text: (GMT+12:00) Anadyr, Kamchatka
pacific/auckland:
olson: Pacific/Auckland
text: (GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington
etc/gmt-12:
olson: Etc/GMT-12
text: (GMT+12:00) Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is.
pacific/chatham:
olson: Pacific/Chatham
text: (GMT+12:45) Chatham Islands
pacific/tongatapu:
olson: Pacific/Tongatapu
text: (GMT+13:00) Nuku’alofa
pacific/kiritimati:
olson: Pacific/Kiritimati
text: (GMT+14:00) Kiritimati

]]> By: Andrew Szczepanski http://www.aviblock.com/blog/2009/03/12/presenting-a-list-of-timezones-to-the-user/comment-page-1/#comment-6760 Andrew Szczepanski Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:26:52 +0000 http://www.aviblock.com/blog/?p=3#comment-6760 This helped me out a ton, as well. For that I'll pass it on - here's my YAML contribution: TimeZone: pacific/midway: olson: Pacific/Midway text: Midway Island, Samoa america/adak: olson: America/Adak text: Hawaii-Aleutian etc/gmt+10: olson: Etc/GMT+10 text: Hawaii pacific/marquesas: olson: Pacific/Marquesas text: Marquesas Islands pacific/gambier: olson: Pacific/Gambier text: Gambier Islands america/anchorage: olson: America/Anchorage text: Alaska america/ensenada: olson: America/Ensenada text: Tijuana, Baja California etc/gmt+8: olson: Etc/GMT+8 text: Pitcairn Islands america/los_angeles: olson: America/Los_Angeles text: Pacific Time (US & Canada) america/denver: olson: America/Denver text: Mountain Time (US & Canada) america/chihuahua: olson: America/Chihuahua text: Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan america/dawson_creek: olson: America/Dawson_Creek text: Arizona america/belize: olson: America/Belize text: Saskatchewan, Central America america/cancun: olson: America/Cancun text: Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey chile/easterisland: olson: Chile/EasterIsland text: Easter Island america/chicago: olson: America/Chicago text: Central Time (US & Canada) america/new_york: olson: America/New_York text: Eastern Time (US & Canada) america/havana: olson: America/Havana text: Cuba america/bogota: olson: America/Bogota text: Bogota, Lima, Quito, Rio Branco america/caracas: olson: America/Caracas text: Caracas america/santiago: olson: America/Santiago text: Santiago america/la_paz: olson: America/La_Paz text: La Paz atlantic/stanley: olson: Atlantic/Stanley text: Faukland Islands america/campo_grande: olson: America/Campo_Grande text: Brazil america/goose_bay: olson: America/Goose_Bay text: Atlantic Time (Goose Bay) america/glace_bay: olson: America/Glace_Bay text: Atlantic Time (Canada) america/st_johns: olson: America/St_Johns text: Newfoundland america/araguaina: olson: America/Araguaina text: UTC-3 america/montevideo: olson: America/Montevideo text: Montevideo america/miquelon: olson: America/Miquelon text: Miquelon, St. Pierre america/godthab: olson: America/Godthab text: Greenland america/argentina/buenos_aires: olson: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires text: Buenos Aires america/sao_paulo: olson: America/Sao_Paulo text: Brasilia america/noronha: olson: America/Noronha text: Mid-Atlantic atlantic/cape_verde: olson: Atlantic/Cape_Verde text: Cape Verde Is. atlantic/azores: olson: Atlantic/Azores text: Azores europe/belfast: olson: Europe/Belfast text: Greenwich Mean Time : Belfast europe/dublin: olson: Europe/Dublin text: Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin europe/lisbon: olson: Europe/Lisbon text: Greenwich Mean Time : Lisbon europe/london: olson: Europe/London text: Greenwich Mean Time : London africa/abidjan: olson: Africa/Abidjan text: Monrovia, Reykjavik europe/amsterdam: olson: Europe/Amsterdam text: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna europe/belgrade: olson: Europe/Belgrade text: Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague europe/brussels: olson: Europe/Brussels text: Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris africa/algiers: olson: Africa/Algiers text: West Central Africa africa/windhoek: olson: Africa/Windhoek text: Windhoek asia/beirut: olson: Asia/Beirut text: Beirut africa/cairo: olson: Africa/Cairo text: Cairo asia/gaza: olson: Asia/Gaza text: Gaza africa/blantyre: olson: Africa/Blantyre text: Harare, Pretoria asia/jerusalem: olson: Asia/Jerusalem text: Jerusalem europe/minsk: olson: Europe/Minsk text: Minsk asia/damascus: olson: Asia/Damascus text: Syria europe/moscow: olson: Europe/Moscow text: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd africa/addis_ababa: olson: Africa/Addis_Ababa text: Nairobi asia/tehran: olson: Asia/Tehran text: Tehran asia/dubai: olson: Asia/Dubai text: Abu Dhabi, Muscat asia/yerevan: olson: Asia/Yerevan text: Yerevan asia/kabul: olson: Asia/Kabul text: Kabul asia/yekaterinburg: olson: Asia/Yekaterinburg text: Ekaterinburg asia/tashkent: olson: Asia/Tashkent text: Tashkent asia/kolkata: olson: Asia/Kolkata text: Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi asia/katmandu: olson: Asia/Katmandu text: Kathmandu asia/dhaka: olson: Asia/Dhaka text: Astana, Dhaka asia/novosibirsk: olson: Asia/Novosibirsk text: Novosibirsk asia/rangoon: olson: Asia/Rangoon text: Yangon (Rangoon) asia/bangkok: olson: Asia/Bangkok text: Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta asia/krasnoyarsk: olson: Asia/Krasnoyarsk text: Krasnoyarsk asia/hong_kong: olson: Asia/Hong_Kong text: Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi asia/irkutsk: olson: Asia/Irkutsk text: Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar australia/perth: olson: Australia/Perth text: Perth australia/eucla: olson: Australia/Eucla text: Eucla asia/tokyo: olson: Asia/Tokyo text: Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo asia/seoul: olson: Asia/Seoul text: Seoul asia/yakutsk: olson: Asia/Yakutsk text: Yakutsk australia/adelaide: olson: Australia/Adelaide text: Adelaide australia/darwin: olson: Australia/Darwin text: Darwin australia/brisbane: olson: Australia/Brisbane text: Brisbane australia/hobart: olson: Australia/Hobart text: Hobart asia/vladivostok: olson: Asia/Vladivostok text: Vladivostok australia/lord_howe: olson: Australia/Lord_Howe text: Lord Howe Island etc/gmt-11: olson: Etc/GMT-11 text: Solomon Is., New Caledonia asia/magadan: olson: Asia/Magadan text: Magadan pacific/norfolk: olson: Pacific/Norfolk text: Norfolk Island asia/anadyr: olson: Asia/Anadyr text: Anadyr, Kamchatka pacific/auckland: olson: Pacific/Auckland text: Auckland, Wellington etc/gmt-12: olson: Etc/GMT-12 text: Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is. pacific/chatham: olson: Pacific/Chatham text: Chatham Islands pacific/tongatapu: olson: Pacific/Tongatapu text: Nuku'alofa pacific/kiritimati: olson: Pacific/Kiritimati text: Kiritimati This helped me out a ton, as well. For that I’ll pass it on – here’s my YAML contribution:

TimeZone:
pacific/midway:
olson: Pacific/Midway
text: Midway Island, Samoa
america/adak:
olson: America/Adak
text: Hawaii-Aleutian
etc/gmt+10:
olson: Etc/GMT+10
text: Hawaii
pacific/marquesas:
olson: Pacific/Marquesas
text: Marquesas Islands
pacific/gambier:
olson: Pacific/Gambier
text: Gambier Islands
america/anchorage:
olson: America/Anchorage
text: Alaska
america/ensenada:
olson: America/Ensenada
text: Tijuana, Baja California
etc/gmt+8:
olson: Etc/GMT+8
text: Pitcairn Islands
america/los_angeles:
olson: America/Los_Angeles
text: Pacific Time (US & Canada)
america/denver:
olson: America/Denver
text: Mountain Time (US & Canada)
america/chihuahua:
olson: America/Chihuahua
text: Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan
america/dawson_creek:
olson: America/Dawson_Creek
text: Arizona
america/belize:
olson: America/Belize
text: Saskatchewan, Central America
america/cancun:
olson: America/Cancun
text: Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey
chile/easterisland:
olson: Chile/EasterIsland
text: Easter Island
america/chicago:
olson: America/Chicago
text: Central Time (US & Canada)
america/new_york:
olson: America/New_York
text: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
america/havana:
olson: America/Havana
text: Cuba
america/bogota:
olson: America/Bogota
text: Bogota, Lima, Quito, Rio Branco
america/caracas:
olson: America/Caracas
text: Caracas
america/santiago:
olson: America/Santiago
text: Santiago
america/la_paz:
olson: America/La_Paz
text: La Paz
atlantic/stanley:
olson: Atlantic/Stanley
text: Faukland Islands
america/campo_grande:
olson: America/Campo_Grande
text: Brazil
america/goose_bay:
olson: America/Goose_Bay
text: Atlantic Time (Goose Bay)
america/glace_bay:
olson: America/Glace_Bay
text: Atlantic Time (Canada)
america/st_johns:
olson: America/St_Johns
text: Newfoundland
america/araguaina:
olson: America/Araguaina
text: UTC-3
america/montevideo:
olson: America/Montevideo
text: Montevideo
america/miquelon:
olson: America/Miquelon
text: Miquelon, St. Pierre
america/godthab:
olson: America/Godthab
text: Greenland
america/argentina/buenos_aires:
olson: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
text: Buenos Aires
america/sao_paulo:
olson: America/Sao_Paulo
text: Brasilia
america/noronha:
olson: America/Noronha
text: Mid-Atlantic
atlantic/cape_verde:
olson: Atlantic/Cape_Verde
text: Cape Verde Is.
atlantic/azores:
olson: Atlantic/Azores
text: Azores
europe/belfast:
olson: Europe/Belfast
text: Greenwich Mean Time : Belfast
europe/dublin:
olson: Europe/Dublin
text: Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin
europe/lisbon:
olson: Europe/Lisbon
text: Greenwich Mean Time : Lisbon
europe/london:
olson: Europe/London
text: Greenwich Mean Time : London
africa/abidjan:
olson: Africa/Abidjan
text: Monrovia, Reykjavik
europe/amsterdam:
olson: Europe/Amsterdam
text: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
europe/belgrade:
olson: Europe/Belgrade
text: Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague
europe/brussels:
olson: Europe/Brussels
text: Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris
africa/algiers:
olson: Africa/Algiers
text: West Central Africa
africa/windhoek:
olson: Africa/Windhoek
text: Windhoek
asia/beirut:
olson: Asia/Beirut
text: Beirut
africa/cairo:
olson: Africa/Cairo
text: Cairo
asia/gaza:
olson: Asia/Gaza
text: Gaza
africa/blantyre:
olson: Africa/Blantyre
text: Harare, Pretoria
asia/jerusalem:
olson: Asia/Jerusalem
text: Jerusalem
europe/minsk:
olson: Europe/Minsk
text: Minsk
asia/damascus:
olson: Asia/Damascus
text: Syria
europe/moscow:
olson: Europe/Moscow
text: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd
africa/addis_ababa:
olson: Africa/Addis_Ababa
text: Nairobi
asia/tehran:
olson: Asia/Tehran
text: Tehran
asia/dubai:
olson: Asia/Dubai
text: Abu Dhabi, Muscat
asia/yerevan:
olson: Asia/Yerevan
text: Yerevan
asia/kabul:
olson: Asia/Kabul
text: Kabul
asia/yekaterinburg:
olson: Asia/Yekaterinburg
text: Ekaterinburg
asia/tashkent:
olson: Asia/Tashkent
text: Tashkent
asia/kolkata:
olson: Asia/Kolkata
text: Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi
asia/katmandu:
olson: Asia/Katmandu
text: Kathmandu
asia/dhaka:
olson: Asia/Dhaka
text: Astana, Dhaka
asia/novosibirsk:
olson: Asia/Novosibirsk
text: Novosibirsk
asia/rangoon:
olson: Asia/Rangoon
text: Yangon (Rangoon)
asia/bangkok:
olson: Asia/Bangkok
text: Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta
asia/krasnoyarsk:
olson: Asia/Krasnoyarsk
text: Krasnoyarsk
asia/hong_kong:
olson: Asia/Hong_Kong
text: Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi
asia/irkutsk:
olson: Asia/Irkutsk
text: Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar
australia/perth:
olson: Australia/Perth
text: Perth
australia/eucla:
olson: Australia/Eucla
text: Eucla
asia/tokyo:
olson: Asia/Tokyo
text: Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo
asia/seoul:
olson: Asia/Seoul
text: Seoul
asia/yakutsk:
olson: Asia/Yakutsk
text: Yakutsk
australia/adelaide:
olson: Australia/Adelaide
text: Adelaide
australia/darwin:
olson: Australia/Darwin
text: Darwin
australia/brisbane:
olson: Australia/Brisbane
text: Brisbane
australia/hobart:
olson: Australia/Hobart
text: Hobart
asia/vladivostok:
olson: Asia/Vladivostok
text: Vladivostok
australia/lord_howe:
olson: Australia/Lord_Howe
text: Lord Howe Island
etc/gmt-11:
olson: Etc/GMT-11
text: Solomon Is., New Caledonia
asia/magadan:
olson: Asia/Magadan
text: Magadan
pacific/norfolk:
olson: Pacific/Norfolk
text: Norfolk Island
asia/anadyr:
olson: Asia/Anadyr
text: Anadyr, Kamchatka
pacific/auckland:
olson: Pacific/Auckland
text: Auckland, Wellington
etc/gmt-12:
olson: Etc/GMT-12
text: Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is.
pacific/chatham:
olson: Pacific/Chatham
text: Chatham Islands
pacific/tongatapu:
olson: Pacific/Tongatapu
text: Nuku’alofa
pacific/kiritimati:
olson: Pacific/Kiritimati
text: Kiritimati

]]> By: Shawn Adrian http://www.aviblock.com/blog/2009/03/12/presenting-a-list-of-timezones-to-the-user/comment-page-1/#comment-5451 Shawn Adrian Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:20:26 +0000 http://www.aviblock.com/blog/?p=3#comment-5451 Thanks so much! Btw, I made it into an array, if anyone else would like to use it: $list = array( 'Pacific/Midway' => '(GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa', 'America/Adak' => '(GMT-10:00) Hawaii-Aleutian', 'Etc/GMT+10' => '(GMT-10:00) Hawaii', 'Pacific/Marquesas' => '(GMT-09:30) Marquesas Islands', 'Pacific/Gambier' => '(GMT-09:00) Gambier Islands', 'America/Anchorage' => '(GMT-09:00) Alaska', 'America/Ensenada' => '(GMT-08:00) Tijuana, Baja California', 'Etc/GMT+8' => '(GMT-08:00) Pitcairn Islands', 'America/Los_Angeles' => '(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)', 'America/Denver' => '(GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)', 'America/Chihuahua' => '(GMT-07:00) Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan', 'America/Dawson_Creek' => '(GMT-07:00) Arizona', 'America/Belize' => '(GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan, Central America', 'America/Cancun' => '(GMT-06:00) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey', 'Chile/EasterIsland' => '(GMT-06:00) Easter Island', 'America/Chicago' => '(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)', 'America/New_York' => '(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)', 'America/Havana' => '(GMT-05:00) Cuba', 'America/Bogota' => '(GMT-05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito, Rio Branco', 'America/Caracas' => '(GMT-04:30) Caracas', 'America/Santiago' => '(GMT-04:00) Santiago', 'America/La_Paz' => '(GMT-04:00) La Paz', 'Atlantic/Stanley' => '(GMT-04:00) Faukland Islands', 'America/Campo_Grande' => '(GMT-04:00) Brazil', 'America/Goose_Bay' => '(GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Goose Bay)', 'America/Glace_Bay' => '(GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)', 'America/St_Johns' => '(GMT-03:30) Newfoundland', 'America/Araguaina' => '(GMT-03:00) UTC-3', 'America/Montevideo' => '(GMT-03:00) Montevideo', 'America/Miquelon' => '(GMT-03:00) Miquelon, St. Pierre', 'America/Godthab' => '(GMT-03:00) Greenland', 'America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires' => '(GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires', 'America/Sao_Paulo' => '(GMT-03:00) Brasilia', 'America/Noronha' => '(GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic', 'Atlantic/Cape_Verde' => '(GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Is.', 'Atlantic/Azores' => '(GMT-01:00) Azores', 'Europe/Belfast' => '(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Belfast', 'Europe/Dublin' => '(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin', 'Europe/Lisbon' => '(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Lisbon', 'Europe/London' => '(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : London', 'Africa/Abidjan' => '(GMT) Monrovia, Reykjavik', 'Europe/Amsterdam' => '(GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna', 'Europe/Belgrade' => '(GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague', 'Europe/Brussels' => '(GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris', 'Africa/Algiers' => '(GMT+01:00) West Central Africa', 'Africa/Windhoek' => '(GMT+01:00) Windhoek', 'Asia/Beirut' => '(GMT+02:00) Beirut', 'Africa/Cairo' => '(GMT+02:00) Cairo', 'Asia/Gaza' => '(GMT+02:00) Gaza', 'Africa/Blantyre' => '(GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria', 'Asia/Jerusalem' => '(GMT+02:00) Jerusalem', 'Europe/Minsk' => '(GMT+02:00) Minsk', 'Asia/Damascus' => '(GMT+02:00) Syria', 'Europe/Moscow' => '(GMT+03:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd', 'Africa/Addis_Ababa' => '(GMT+03:00) Nairobi', 'Asia/Tehran' => '(GMT+03:30) Tehran', 'Asia/Dubai' => '(GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat', 'Asia/Yerevan' => '(GMT+04:00) Yerevan', 'Asia/Kabul' => '(GMT+04:30) Kabul', 'Asia/Yekaterinburg' => '(GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg', 'Asia/Tashkent' => '(GMT+05:00) Tashkent', 'Asia/Kolkata' => '(GMT+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi', 'Asia/Katmandu' => '(GMT+05:45) Kathmandu', 'Asia/Dhaka' => '(GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka', 'Asia/Novosibirsk' => '(GMT+06:00) Novosibirsk', 'Asia/Rangoon' => '(GMT+06:30) Yangon (Rangoon)', 'Asia/Bangkok' => '(GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta', 'Asia/Krasnoyarsk' => '(GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk', 'Asia/Hong_Kong' => '(GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi', 'Asia/Irkutsk' => '(GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar', 'Australia/Perth' => '(GMT+08:00) Perth', 'Australia/Eucla' => '(GMT+08:45) Eucla', 'Asia/Tokyo' => '(GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo', 'Asia/Seoul' => '(GMT+09:00) Seoul', 'Asia/Yakutsk' => '(GMT+09:00) Yakutsk', 'Australia/Adelaide' => '(GMT+09:30) Adelaide', 'Australia/Darwin' => '(GMT+09:30) Darwin', 'Australia/Brisbane' => '(GMT+10:00) Brisbane', 'Australia/Hobart' => '(GMT+10:00) Hobart', 'Asia/Vladivostok' => '(GMT+10:00) Vladivostok', 'Australia/Lord_Howe' => '(GMT+10:30) Lord Howe Island', 'Etc/GMT-11' => '(GMT+11:00) Solomon Is., New Caledonia', 'Asia/Magadan' => '(GMT+11:00) Magadan', 'Pacific/Norfolk' => '(GMT+11:30) Norfolk Island', 'Asia/Anadyr' => '(GMT+12:00) Anadyr, Kamchatka', 'Pacific/Auckland' => '(GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington', 'Etc/GMT-12' => '(GMT+12:00) Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is.', 'Pacific/Chatham' => '(GMT+12:45) Chatham Islands', 'Pacific/Tongatapu' => '(GMT+13:00) Nuku Alofa', 'Pacific/Kiritimati' => '(GMT+14:00) Kiritimati' ); Thanks so much! Btw, I made it into an array, if anyone else would like to use it:

$list = array(
‘Pacific/Midway’ => ‘(GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa’,
‘America/Adak’ => ‘(GMT-10:00) Hawaii-Aleutian’,
‘Etc/GMT+10′ => ‘(GMT-10:00) Hawaii’,
‘Pacific/Marquesas’ => ‘(GMT-09:30) Marquesas Islands’,
‘Pacific/Gambier’ => ‘(GMT-09:00) Gambier Islands’,
‘America/Anchorage’ => ‘(GMT-09:00) Alaska’,
‘America/Ensenada’ => ‘(GMT-08:00) Tijuana, Baja California’,
‘Etc/GMT+8′ => ‘(GMT-08:00) Pitcairn Islands’,
‘America/Los_Angeles’ => ‘(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)’,
‘America/Denver’ => ‘(GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)’,
‘America/Chihuahua’ => ‘(GMT-07:00) Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan’,
‘America/Dawson_Creek’ => ‘(GMT-07:00) Arizona’,
‘America/Belize’ => ‘(GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan, Central America’,
‘America/Cancun’ => ‘(GMT-06:00) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey’,
‘Chile/EasterIsland’ => ‘(GMT-06:00) Easter Island’,
‘America/Chicago’ => ‘(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)’,
‘America/New_York’ => ‘(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)’,
‘America/Havana’ => ‘(GMT-05:00) Cuba’,
‘America/Bogota’ => ‘(GMT-05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito, Rio Branco’,
‘America/Caracas’ => ‘(GMT-04:30) Caracas’,
‘America/Santiago’ => ‘(GMT-04:00) Santiago’,
‘America/La_Paz’ => ‘(GMT-04:00) La Paz’,
‘Atlantic/Stanley’ => ‘(GMT-04:00) Faukland Islands’,
‘America/Campo_Grande’ => ‘(GMT-04:00) Brazil’,
‘America/Goose_Bay’ => ‘(GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Goose Bay)’,
‘America/Glace_Bay’ => ‘(GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)’,
‘America/St_Johns’ => ‘(GMT-03:30) Newfoundland’,
‘America/Araguaina’ => ‘(GMT-03:00) UTC-3′,
‘America/Montevideo’ => ‘(GMT-03:00) Montevideo’,
‘America/Miquelon’ => ‘(GMT-03:00) Miquelon, St. Pierre’,
‘America/Godthab’ => ‘(GMT-03:00) Greenland’,
‘America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires’ => ‘(GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires’,
‘America/Sao_Paulo’ => ‘(GMT-03:00) Brasilia’,
‘America/Noronha’ => ‘(GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic’,
‘Atlantic/Cape_Verde’ => ‘(GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Is.’,
‘Atlantic/Azores’ => ‘(GMT-01:00) Azores’,
‘Europe/Belfast’ => ‘(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Belfast’,
‘Europe/Dublin’ => ‘(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin’,
‘Europe/Lisbon’ => ‘(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Lisbon’,
‘Europe/London’ => ‘(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : London’,
‘Africa/Abidjan’ => ‘(GMT) Monrovia, Reykjavik’,
‘Europe/Amsterdam’ => ‘(GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna’,
‘Europe/Belgrade’ => ‘(GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague’,
‘Europe/Brussels’ => ‘(GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris’,
‘Africa/Algiers’ => ‘(GMT+01:00) West Central Africa’,
‘Africa/Windhoek’ => ‘(GMT+01:00) Windhoek’,
‘Asia/Beirut’ => ‘(GMT+02:00) Beirut’,
‘Africa/Cairo’ => ‘(GMT+02:00) Cairo’,
‘Asia/Gaza’ => ‘(GMT+02:00) Gaza’,
‘Africa/Blantyre’ => ‘(GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria’,
‘Asia/Jerusalem’ => ‘(GMT+02:00) Jerusalem’,
‘Europe/Minsk’ => ‘(GMT+02:00) Minsk’,
‘Asia/Damascus’ => ‘(GMT+02:00) Syria’,
‘Europe/Moscow’ => ‘(GMT+03:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd’,
‘Africa/Addis_Ababa’ => ‘(GMT+03:00) Nairobi’,
‘Asia/Tehran’ => ‘(GMT+03:30) Tehran’,
‘Asia/Dubai’ => ‘(GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat’,
‘Asia/Yerevan’ => ‘(GMT+04:00) Yerevan’,
‘Asia/Kabul’ => ‘(GMT+04:30) Kabul’,
‘Asia/Yekaterinburg’ => ‘(GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg’,
‘Asia/Tashkent’ => ‘(GMT+05:00) Tashkent’,
‘Asia/Kolkata’ => ‘(GMT+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi’,
‘Asia/Katmandu’ => ‘(GMT+05:45) Kathmandu’,
‘Asia/Dhaka’ => ‘(GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka’,
‘Asia/Novosibirsk’ => ‘(GMT+06:00) Novosibirsk’,
‘Asia/Rangoon’ => ‘(GMT+06:30) Yangon (Rangoon)’,
‘Asia/Bangkok’ => ‘(GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta’,
‘Asia/Krasnoyarsk’ => ‘(GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk’,
‘Asia/Hong_Kong’ => ‘(GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi’,
‘Asia/Irkutsk’ => ‘(GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar’,
‘Australia/Perth’ => ‘(GMT+08:00) Perth’,
‘Australia/Eucla’ => ‘(GMT+08:45) Eucla’,
‘Asia/Tokyo’ => ‘(GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo’,
‘Asia/Seoul’ => ‘(GMT+09:00) Seoul’,
‘Asia/Yakutsk’ => ‘(GMT+09:00) Yakutsk’,
‘Australia/Adelaide’ => ‘(GMT+09:30) Adelaide’,
‘Australia/Darwin’ => ‘(GMT+09:30) Darwin’,
‘Australia/Brisbane’ => ‘(GMT+10:00) Brisbane’,
‘Australia/Hobart’ => ‘(GMT+10:00) Hobart’,
‘Asia/Vladivostok’ => ‘(GMT+10:00) Vladivostok’,
‘Australia/Lord_Howe’ => ‘(GMT+10:30) Lord Howe Island’,
‘Etc/GMT-11′ => ‘(GMT+11:00) Solomon Is., New Caledonia’,
‘Asia/Magadan’ => ‘(GMT+11:00) Magadan’,
‘Pacific/Norfolk’ => ‘(GMT+11:30) Norfolk Island’,
‘Asia/Anadyr’ => ‘(GMT+12:00) Anadyr, Kamchatka’,
‘Pacific/Auckland’ => ‘(GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington’,
‘Etc/GMT-12′ => ‘(GMT+12:00) Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is.’,
‘Pacific/Chatham’ => ‘(GMT+12:45) Chatham Islands’,
‘Pacific/Tongatapu’ => ‘(GMT+13:00) Nuku Alofa’,
‘Pacific/Kiritimati’ => ‘(GMT+14:00) Kiritimati’
);

]]> By: Jay http://www.aviblock.com/blog/2009/03/12/presenting-a-list-of-timezones-to-the-user/comment-page-1/#comment-3650 Jay Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:26:46 +0000 http://www.aviblock.com/blog/?p=3#comment-3650 Thanks - this was very helpful. By the way, you have two entries for Kamchatka. Thanks – this was very helpful.

By the way, you have two entries for Kamchatka.

]]> By: Aris http://www.aviblock.com/blog/2009/03/12/presenting-a-list-of-timezones-to-the-user/comment-page-1/#comment-980 Aris Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:48:06 +0000 http://www.aviblock.com/blog/?p=3#comment-980 Thanks! I too was looking for a shortened "human-friendly" list that's similar to the drop-down in Google Calendar and this is the closest one. Thanks! I too was looking for a shortened “human-friendly” list that’s similar to the drop-down in Google Calendar and this is the closest one.

]]> By: chris http://www.aviblock.com/blog/2009/03/12/presenting-a-list-of-timezones-to-the-user/comment-page-1/#comment-845 chris Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:55:58 +0000 http://www.aviblock.com/blog/?p=3#comment-845 This is great, but since it is statically generated, it must be manually updated in the future as boundaries may change. What would be more interesting is a script that can generate the output you created. This is great, but since it is statically generated, it must be manually updated in the future as boundaries may change. What would be more interesting is a script that can generate the output you created.

]]> By: John http://www.aviblock.com/blog/2009/03/12/presenting-a-list-of-timezones-to-the-user/comment-page-1/#comment-606 John Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:31:46 +0000 http://www.aviblock.com/blog/?p=3#comment-606 Fantastic! Been searching for weeks for something like this. After a bunch of different options, I'll see if I just use this one. If only you could automatically detect the user's setting in Javascript. Presently, I only find selection boxes which have values like "+01:00, 1" which can be automatically set by JS... Thanks John Fantastic! Been searching for weeks for something like this. After a bunch of different options, I’ll see if I just use this one. If only you could automatically detect the user’s setting in Javascript. Presently, I only find selection boxes which have values like “+01:00, 1″ which can be automatically set by JS…

Thanks
John

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