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In article <7495@mace.cc.purdue.edu>, abe@mace.cc.purdue.edu I asked:
> Does anyone have a list of the possible time zone abbreviations that
> can appear in mail Date: lines?

From responses to my comp.mail.misc inquiry, a scan of mail headers and
examination of BSD timezone.c sources, I have accumulated the attached
list.  Special thanks goes to Stephen J. Walick <steve@nshore.ncoast.org>
who pointed out the list of time zones in .../libc/dateok.c of Henry
Spencer's C News sources.

Some of the strangest of these time zone abbreviations come from BITNET
mail headers, where adherence to RFC 822 appears to be a little lax.  :-)
Where I am unsure of the exact wording for an abbreviation I have indicated
the geographical area where the abbreviation seems to be in use.

The list is incomplete -- I know of several other abbreviations I haven't
yet been able to interpret.  The list may also contain errors -- I welcome
corrections.

Vic Abell


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Zone     = UTC  Description

ACSST   -10:30  Central Australian Summer
ACST     -9:30  Central Australian Standard
ADT       3:00  Atlantic N.A. Daylight
AESST   -11:00  Eastern Australian Summer
AEST    -10:00  Eastern Australian Standard
AHST     10:00  Alaska-Hawaii Standard
AST       4:00  Atlantic N.A. Standard
AT       -2:00  Azores
AWSST    -9:00  Western Australian Summer
AWST     -8:00  Western Australian Standard
BRA       3:00  Brazil
BST      -1:00  British Summer (also Brazilian Standard)
BT       -3:00  Baghdad (also Bering)
CADT    -10:30  Central Australian Daylight
CAST      0:00  Central Australian Standard
CAT      10:00  Central Alaskan
CCT      -8:00  China Coast
CDT       5:00  Central N.A. Daylight
CET      -1:00  Central European
CET DST  -2:00  Central European Daylight
CST       6:00  Central N.A. Standard
DNT      -1:00  Dansk Normal
EAST    -10:00  East Australian Standard
EDT       4:00  Eastern N.A. Daylight (also Eastern Australian Daylight)
EET      -2:00  Eastern European
EET DST  -3:00  Eastern European Daylight
EMT      -1:00  Norway
EST       5:00  Eastern N.A. Standard (also Eastern Australian Standard)
FST      -1:00  French Standard
FWT      -2:00  French Winter
GMT       0:00  Greenwich
GST     -10:00  Guam Standard
HDT       9:00  Hawaiian Daylight
HMT      -3:00  Hellas
HST      10:00  Hawaiian Standard
IDLE    -12:00  International Dateline, East
IDLW     12:00  International Dateline, West
IST      -2:00  Israeli Standard (also Indian Standard)
IT       -3:30  Iran
ITA      -1:00  Italy
JST      -9:00  Japanese Standard
JT       -7:30  Java
KST      -9:00  Korean Standard
LIGT    -10:00  Melbourne, Australia
MAL      -8:00  Malaysia
MAT      -3:00  Turkey
MDT       6:00  Mountain N.A. Daylight
MEST     -2:00  Middle European Summer
MET      -1:00  Middle European
MET DST  -2:00  Middle European Daylight
MEWT     -1:00  Middle European Winter
MEX       6:00  Mexico
MEZ      -1:00  Middle European
MST       7:00  Mountain N.A. Standard
MT       -8:30  Moluccas
NDT       2:30  Newfoundland Daylight
NFT       3:30  Newfoundland
NOR      -1:00  Norway
NST       3:30  Newfoundland Standard (also North Sumatran Standard)
NT       11:00  Nome
NZDT    -13:00  New Zealand Daylight
NZST    -12:00  New Zealand
NZT     -12:00  New Zealand
PDT       7:00  Pacific N.A. Daylight
PST       8:00  Pacific N.A. Standard
SADT    -10:30  South Australian Daylight
SAST     -9:30  South Australian Standard
SET      -1:00  European -- Prague, Vienna
SST      -2:00  Swedish Summer (also South Sumatran and Singapore Standard)
SWT      -1:00  Swedish
TST      -3:00  Turkish Standard
UT        0:00  Universal
UTC       0:00  Universal Time Coordinated
WADT     -8:00  Western Australian Daylight
WAST     -7:00  Western Australian Standard
WAT      -1:00  West African
WDT      -9:00  Western Australian Daylight
WET       0:00  Western European
WET DST  -1:00  Western European Daylight
WST      -8:00  Western Australian Standard
WUT      -1:00  Austria
YDT       8:00  Yukon Daylight
YST       9:00  Yukon Standard
ZP4       4:00  GMT + 4 hours
ZP5       5:00  GMT + 5 hours
ZP6       6:00  GMT + 6 hours