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Timezone Map from Sun's Timezone Class

Troubleshooting


Problem

This document describes the time zone values for the Java Timezone class.

Resolving The Problem

Here is the timezone map from Sun's Timezone class. The comment with the GMT+nn is the number of hours from Greenwich Mean Time the timezone is. The descriptive text string represents the value that should be used for the "user.timezone" java property. For example: user.timezone=America/Chicago.
 

      // GMT is the ID for Greenwich Mean Time time zone.

        /*GMT+0*/ "GMT", "Africa/Casablanca", // NOT Europe/London

                  "UTC", "Africa/Casablanca",

        // ECT is the ID for European Central Time time zone.

        /*GMT+1*/ "ECT", "Europe/Paris",

        // EET is the ID for Eastern European Time time zone.

        /*GMT+2*/ "EET", "Europe/Istanbul",

        // ART is the ID for (Arabic) Egypt Standard Time timezone.

        /*GMT+2*/ "ART", "Africa/Cairo",

        // EAT is the ID for Eastern African Time time zone.

        /*GMT+3*/ "EAT", "Asia/Riyadh",

        // MET is the ID for Middle East Time time zone.

        /*GMT+0330*/ "MET", "Asia/Tehran",

        // NET is the ID for Near East Time time zone.

        /*GMT+4*/ "NET", "Asia/Yerevan",

        // PLT is the ID for Pakistan Lahore Time time zone.

        /*GMT+5*/ "PLT", "Asia/Karachi",

        // IST is the ID for India Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT+0550*/ "IST", "Asia/Calcutta",

        // BST is the ID for Bangladesh Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT+6*/ "BST", "Asia/Dacca",

        // VST is the ID for Vietnam Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT+7*/ "VST", "Asia/Bangkok",

        // CTT is the ID for China Taiwan Time time zone.

        /*GMT+8*/ "CTT", "Asia/Shanghai",

        // JST is the ID for Japan Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT+9*/ "JST", "Asia/Tokyo",

        // ACT is the ID for Australia Central Time time zone.

        /*GMT+0930*/ "ACT", "Australia/Darwin",

        // AET is the ID for Australia Eastern Time time zone.

        /*GMT+10*/ "AET", "Australia/Sydney",

        // SST is the ID for Solomon Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT+11*/ "SST", "Pacific/Guadalcanal",

        // NST is the ID for New Zealand Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT+12*/ "NST", "Pacific/Fiji",

        // MIT is the ID for Midway Islands Time time zone.

        /*GMT-11*/ "MIT", "Pacific/Apia",

        // HST is the ID for Hawaii Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT-10*/ "HST", "Pacific/Honolulu",

        // AST is the ID for Alaska Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT-9*/ "AST", "America/Anchorage",

        // PST is the ID for Pacific Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT-8*/ "PST", "America/Los_Angeles",

        // PNT is the ID for Phoenix Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT-7*/ "PNT", "America/Phoenix",

        // MST is the ID for Mountain Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT-7*/ "MST", "America/Denver",

        // CST is the ID for Central Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT-6*/ "CST", "America/Chicago",

        // EST is the ID for Eastern Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT-5*/ "EST", "America/New_York",

        // IET is the ID for Indiana Eastern Standard Time time zone.

        /*GMT-5*/ "IET", "America/Indianapolis",

        // PRT is the ID for Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Time time zone.

        /*GMT-4*/ "PRT", "America/Caracas",

        // CNT is the ID for Canada Newfoundland Time time zone.

        /*GMT-0330*/ "CNT", "America/St_Johns",

        // AGT is the ID for Argentina Standard Time time zone.        /*GMT-3*/ "AGT", "America/Buenos_Aires",

        // BET is the ID for Brazil Eastern Time time zone.

        /*GMT-3*/ "BET", "America/Sao_Paulo",

        // CAT is the ID for Central African Time time zone.

        /*GMT-1*/ "CAT", "Atlantic/Cape_Verde",

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Document Information

Modified date:
23 April 2025

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