Time zone codes for the TZ environment variable
Use time zone codes as values for the TZ environment variable.
Table 1 matches the time zone code for the TZ environment variable with the time zone and the offset from Coordinated Universal Time (CUT).
| Time zone code | Time zone | CUT offset |
|---|---|---|
| CUT0GDT | Coordinated Universal Time | CUT |
| GMT0BST | United Kingdom | CUT |
| AZOREST1AZOREDT | Azores, Cape Verde | CUT -1 |
| FALKST2FALKDT | Falkland Islands | CUT -2 |
| GRNLNDST3GRNLNDDT | Greenland, East Brazil | CUT -3 |
| AST4ADT | Central Brazil | CUT -4 |
| EST5EDT | Eastern United States, Colombia | CUT -5 |
| CST6CDT | Central United States, Honduras | CUT -6 |
| MST7MDT | Mountain United States | CUT -7 |
| PST8PDT | Pacific United States, Yukon | CUT -8 |
| AST9ADT | Alaska | CUT -9 |
| HST10HDT | Hawaii, Aleutian Islands | CUT -10 |
| BST11BDT | Bering Strait | CUT -11 |
| NZST-12NZDT | New Zealand | CUT +12 |
| MET-11METDT | Solomon Islands | CUT +11 |
| EET-10EETDT | Eastern Australia | CUT +10 |
| JST-9JSTDT | Japan | CUT +9 |
| KORST-9KORDT | Korea | CUT +9 |
| WAUST-8WAUDT | Western Australia | CUT +8 |
| TAIST-8TAIDT | Taiwan | CUT +8 |
| THAIST-7THAIDT | Thailand | CUT +7 |
| TASHST-6TASHDT | Central Asia | CUT +6 |
| PAKST-5PAKDT | Pakistan | CUT +5 |
| WST-4WDT | Gorki, Central Asia, Oman | CUT +4 |
| MEST-3MEDT | Turkey | CUT +3 |
| SAUST-3SAUDT | Saudi Arabia | CUT +3 |
| WET-2WET | Finland | CUT +2 |
| USAST-2USADT | South Africa | CUT +2 |
| NFT-1DFT | Norway | CUT +1 |