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      1 # Links and zones for backward compatibility
      2 
      3 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
      4 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
      5 
      6 # This file provides links from old or merged timezone names to current ones.
      7 # It also provides a few zone entries for old naming conventions.
      8 # Many names changed in 1993 and in 1995, and many merged names moved here
      9 # in the period from 2013 through 2022.  Several of these names are
     10 # also present in the file 'backzone', which has data important only
     11 # for pre-1970 timestamps and so is out of scope for tzdb proper.
     12 
     13 # Although this file is optional and tzdb will work if you omit it by
     14 # building with 'make BACKWARD=', in practice downstream users
     15 # typically use this file for backward compatibility.
     16 
     17 # This file is divided into sections, one for each major reason for a
     18 # backward compatibility link.  Each section is sorted by link name.
     19 
     20 # A "#= TARGET1" comment labels each link inserted only because some
     21 # .zi parsers (including tzcode through 2022e) mishandle links to links.
     22 # The comment says what the target would be if these parsers were fixed
     23 # so that data could contain links to links.  For example, the line
     24 # "Link Australia/Sydney Australia/ACT #= Australia/Canberra" would be
     25 # "Link Australia/Canberra Australia/ACT" were it not that data lines
     26 # refrain from linking to links like Australia/Canberra, which means
     27 # the Australia/ACT line links instead to Australia/Sydney,
     28 # Australia/Canberra's target.
     29 
     30 
     31 # Pre-1993 naming conventions
     32 
     33 # Link	TARGET			LINK-NAME	#= TARGET1
     34 Link	Australia/Sydney	Australia/ACT	#= Australia/Canberra
     35 Link	Australia/Lord_Howe	Australia/LHI
     36 Link	Australia/Sydney	Australia/NSW
     37 Link	Australia/Darwin	Australia/North
     38 Link	Australia/Brisbane	Australia/Queensland
     39 Link	Australia/Adelaide	Australia/South
     40 Link	Australia/Hobart	Australia/Tasmania
     41 Link	Australia/Melbourne	Australia/Victoria
     42 Link	Australia/Perth		Australia/West
     43 Link	Australia/Broken_Hill	Australia/Yancowinna
     44 Link	America/Rio_Branco	Brazil/Acre	#= America/Porto_Acre
     45 Link	America/Noronha		Brazil/DeNoronha
     46 Link	America/Sao_Paulo	Brazil/East
     47 Link	America/Manaus		Brazil/West
     48 Link	Europe/Brussels		CET
     49 Link	America/Chicago		CST6CDT
     50 Link	America/Halifax		Canada/Atlantic
     51 Link	America/Winnipeg	Canada/Central
     52 # This line is commented out, as the name exceeded the 14-character limit
     53 # and was an unused misnomer.
     54 #Link	America/Regina		Canada/East-Saskatchewan
     55 Link	America/Toronto		Canada/Eastern
     56 Link	America/Edmonton	Canada/Mountain
     57 Link	America/St_Johns	Canada/Newfoundland
     58 Link	America/Vancouver	Canada/Pacific
     59 Link	America/Regina		Canada/Saskatchewan
     60 Link	America/Whitehorse	Canada/Yukon
     61 Link	America/Santiago	Chile/Continental
     62 Link	Pacific/Easter		Chile/EasterIsland
     63 Link	America/Havana		Cuba
     64 Link	Europe/Athens		EET
     65 Link	America/Panama		EST
     66 Link	America/New_York	EST5EDT
     67 Link	Africa/Cairo		Egypt
     68 Link	Europe/Dublin		Eire
     69 # Vanguard section, for most .zi parsers.
     70 #Link	GMT			Etc/GMT
     71 #Link	GMT			Etc/GMT+0
     72 #Link	GMT			Etc/GMT-0
     73 #Link	GMT			Etc/GMT0
     74 #Link	GMT			Etc/Greenwich
     75 # Rearguard section, for TZUpdater 2.3.2 and earlier.
     76 Link	Etc/GMT			Etc/GMT+0
     77 Link	Etc/GMT			Etc/GMT-0
     78 Link	Etc/GMT			Etc/GMT0
     79 Link	Etc/GMT			Etc/Greenwich
     80 # End of rearguard section.
     81 Link	Etc/UTC			Etc/UCT
     82 Link	Etc/UTC			Etc/Universal
     83 Link	Etc/UTC			Etc/Zulu
     84 Link	Europe/London		GB
     85 Link	Europe/London		GB-Eire
     86 # Vanguard section, for most .zi parsers.
     87 #Link	GMT			GMT+0
     88 #Link	GMT			GMT-0
     89 #Link	GMT			GMT0
     90 #Link	GMT			Greenwich
     91 # Rearguard section, for TZUpdater 2.3.2 and earlier.
     92 Link	Etc/GMT			GMT+0
     93 Link	Etc/GMT			GMT-0
     94 Link	Etc/GMT			GMT0
     95 Link	Etc/GMT			Greenwich
     96 # End of rearguard section.
     97 Link	Asia/Hong_Kong		Hongkong
     98 Link	Atlantic/Reykjavik	Iceland
     99 Link	Asia/Tehran		Iran
    100 Link	Asia/Jerusalem		Israel
    101 Link	America/Jamaica		Jamaica
    102 Link	Asia/Tokyo		Japan
    103 Link	Pacific/Kwajalein	Kwajalein
    104 Link	Africa/Tripoli		Libya
    105 Link	Europe/Brussels		MET
    106 Link	America/Phoenix		MST
    107 Link	America/Denver		MST7MDT
    108 Link	America/Tijuana		Mexico/BajaNorte
    109 Link	America/Mazatlan	Mexico/BajaSur
    110 Link	America/Mexico_City	Mexico/General
    111 Link	Pacific/Auckland	NZ
    112 Link	Pacific/Chatham		NZ-CHAT
    113 Link	America/Denver		Navajo	#= America/Shiprock
    114 Link	Asia/Shanghai		PRC
    115 Link	Europe/Warsaw		Poland
    116 Link	Europe/Lisbon		Portugal
    117 Link	Asia/Taipei		ROC
    118 Link	Asia/Seoul		ROK
    119 Link	Asia/Singapore		Singapore
    120 Link	Europe/Istanbul		Turkey
    121 Link	Etc/UTC			UCT
    122 Link	America/Anchorage	US/Alaska
    123 Link	America/Adak		US/Aleutian
    124 Link	America/Phoenix		US/Arizona
    125 Link	America/Chicago		US/Central
    126 Link	America/Indiana/Indianapolis	US/East-Indiana
    127 Link	America/New_York	US/Eastern
    128 Link	Pacific/Honolulu	US/Hawaii
    129 Link	America/Indiana/Knox	US/Indiana-Starke
    130 Link	America/Detroit		US/Michigan
    131 Link	America/Denver		US/Mountain
    132 Link	America/Los_Angeles	US/Pacific
    133 Link	Pacific/Pago_Pago	US/Samoa
    134 Link	Etc/UTC			UTC
    135 Link	Etc/UTC			Universal
    136 Link	Europe/Moscow		W-SU
    137 Link	Etc/UTC			Zulu
    138 
    139 
    140 # Two-part names that were renamed mostly to three-part names in 1995
    141 
    142 # Link	TARGET				LINK-NAME	#= TARGET1
    143 Link	America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires	America/Buenos_Aires
    144 Link	America/Argentina/Catamarca	America/Catamarca
    145 Link	America/Argentina/Cordoba	America/Cordoba
    146 Link	America/Indiana/Indianapolis	America/Indianapolis
    147 Link	America/Argentina/Jujuy		America/Jujuy
    148 Link	America/Indiana/Knox		America/Knox_IN
    149 Link	America/Kentucky/Louisville	America/Louisville
    150 Link	America/Argentina/Mendoza	America/Mendoza
    151 Link	America/St_Thomas	America/Virgin
    152 Link	Pacific/Pago_Pago		Pacific/Samoa
    153 
    154 
    155 # Pre-2013 practice, which typically had a Zone per zone.tab line
    156 
    157 # Link	TARGET			LINK-NAME
    158 
    159 
    160 # Non-zone.tab locations with timestamps since 1970 that duplicate
    161 # those of an existing location
    162 
    163 # Link	TARGET			LINK-NAME
    164 Link	Africa/Bamako	Africa/Timbuktu
    165 Link	America/Argentina/Catamarca	America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia
    166 Link	America/Adak		America/Atka
    167 Link	America/Atikokan	America/Coral_Harbour
    168 Link	America/Tijuana		America/Ensenada
    169 Link	America/Indiana/Indianapolis	America/Fort_Wayne
    170 Link	America/Toronto		America/Montreal
    171 Link	America/Toronto		America/Nipigon
    172 Link	America/Iqaluit		America/Pangnirtung
    173 Link	America/Rio_Branco	America/Porto_Acre
    174 Link	America/Winnipeg	America/Rainy_River
    175 Link	America/Argentina/Cordoba	America/Rosario
    176 Link	America/Tijuana		America/Santa_Isabel
    177 Link	America/Denver		America/Shiprock
    178 Link	America/Toronto		America/Thunder_Bay
    179 Link	America/Edmonton	America/Yellowknife
    180 Link	Antarctica/McMurdo	Antarctica/South_Pole
    181 Link	Asia/Ulaanbaatar	Asia/Choibalsan
    182 Link	Asia/Shanghai		Asia/Chongqing
    183 Link	Asia/Shanghai		Asia/Harbin
    184 Link	Asia/Urumqi		Asia/Kashgar
    185 Link	Asia/Jerusalem		Asia/Tel_Aviv
    186 Link	Europe/Oslo		Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
    187 Link	Australia/Sydney	Australia/Canberra
    188 Link	Australia/Hobart	Australia/Currie
    189 Link	Europe/London		Europe/Belfast
    190 Link	Europe/Chisinau		Europe/Tiraspol
    191 Link	Europe/Kyiv		Europe/Uzhgorod
    192 Link	Europe/Kyiv		Europe/Zaporozhye
    193 Link	Pacific/Kanton		Pacific/Enderbury
    194 Link	Pacific/Honolulu	Pacific/Johnston
    195 Link	Pacific/Chuuk		Pacific/Yap
    196 Link	Europe/Lisbon		WET
    197 
    198 
    199 # Alternate names for the same location
    200 
    201 # Link	TARGET			LINK-NAME	#= TARGET1
    202 Link	Africa/Asmara	Africa/Asmera
    203 Link	America/Nuuk		America/Godthab
    204 Link	Asia/Ashgabat		Asia/Ashkhabad
    205 Link	Asia/Kolkata		Asia/Calcutta
    206 Link	Asia/Shanghai		Asia/Chungking	#= Asia/Chongqing
    207 Link	Asia/Dhaka		Asia/Dacca
    208 # Istanbul is in both continents.
    209 Link	Europe/Istanbul		Asia/Istanbul
    210 Link	Asia/Kathmandu		Asia/Katmandu
    211 Link	Asia/Macau		Asia/Macao
    212 Link	Asia/Yangon		Asia/Rangoon
    213 Link	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh	Asia/Saigon
    214 Link	Asia/Thimphu		Asia/Thimbu
    215 Link	Asia/Makassar		Asia/Ujung_Pandang
    216 Link	Asia/Ulaanbaatar	Asia/Ulan_Bator
    217 Link	Atlantic/Faroe		Atlantic/Faeroe
    218 Link	Europe/Kyiv		Europe/Kiev
    219 # Classically, Cyprus is in Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72.
    220 # However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe.
    221 Link	Asia/Nicosia		Europe/Nicosia
    222 Link	Pacific/Honolulu	HST
    223 Link	America/Los_Angeles	PST8PDT
    224 Link	Pacific/Pohnpei		Pacific/Ponape
    225 Link	Pacific/Chuuk		Pacific/Truk
    226