backward revision 1.12 1 1.12 kre # Links and zones for backward compatibility
2 1.2 kre
3 1.1 apb # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4 1.1 apb # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
5 1.1 apb
6 1.3 kre # This file provides links from old or merged timezone names to current ones.
7 1.12 kre # It also provides a few zone entries for old naming conventions.
8 1.7 kre # Many names changed in 1993 and in 1995, and many merged names moved here
9 1.4 kre # in the period from 2013 through 2022. Several of these names are
10 1.3 kre # also present in the file 'backzone', which has data important only
11 1.3 kre # for pre-1970 timestamps and so is out of scope for tzdb proper.
12 1.1 apb
13 1.4 kre # Although this file is optional and tzdb will work if you omit it by
14 1.4 kre # building with 'make BACKWARD=', in practice downstream users
15 1.4 kre # typically use this file for backward compatibility.
16 1.4 kre
17 1.7 kre # This file is divided into sections, one for each major reason for a
18 1.7 kre # backward compatibility link. Each section is sorted by link name.
19 1.7 kre
20 1.7 kre # A "#= TARGET1" comment labels each link inserted only because some
21 1.7 kre # .zi parsers (including tzcode through 2022e) mishandle links to links.
22 1.7 kre # The comment says what the target would be if these parsers were fixed
23 1.7 kre # so that data could contain links to links. For example, the line
24 1.7 kre # "Link Australia/Sydney Australia/ACT #= Australia/Canberra" would be
25 1.7 kre # "Link Australia/Canberra Australia/ACT" were it not that data lines
26 1.7 kre # refrain from linking to links like Australia/Canberra, which means
27 1.7 kre # the Australia/ACT line links instead to Australia/Sydney,
28 1.7 kre # Australia/Canberra's target.
29 1.7 kre
30 1.7 kre
31 1.7 kre # Pre-1993 naming conventions
32 1.7 kre
33 1.7 kre # Link TARGET LINK-NAME #= TARGET1
34 1.7 kre Link Australia/Sydney Australia/ACT #= Australia/Canberra
35 1.1 apb Link Australia/Lord_Howe Australia/LHI
36 1.1 apb Link Australia/Sydney Australia/NSW
37 1.1 apb Link Australia/Darwin Australia/North
38 1.1 apb Link Australia/Brisbane Australia/Queensland
39 1.1 apb Link Australia/Adelaide Australia/South
40 1.1 apb Link Australia/Hobart Australia/Tasmania
41 1.1 apb Link Australia/Melbourne Australia/Victoria
42 1.1 apb Link Australia/Perth Australia/West
43 1.1 apb Link Australia/Broken_Hill Australia/Yancowinna
44 1.7 kre Link America/Rio_Branco Brazil/Acre #= America/Porto_Acre
45 1.1 apb Link America/Noronha Brazil/DeNoronha
46 1.1 apb Link America/Sao_Paulo Brazil/East
47 1.1 apb Link America/Manaus Brazil/West
48 1.12 kre Link Europe/Brussels CET
49 1.12 kre Link America/Chicago CST6CDT
50 1.1 apb Link America/Halifax Canada/Atlantic
51 1.1 apb Link America/Winnipeg Canada/Central
52 1.2 kre # This line is commented out, as the name exceeded the 14-character limit
53 1.2 kre # and was an unused misnomer.
54 1.2 kre #Link America/Regina Canada/East-Saskatchewan
55 1.1 apb Link America/Toronto Canada/Eastern
56 1.1 apb Link America/Edmonton Canada/Mountain
57 1.1 apb Link America/St_Johns Canada/Newfoundland
58 1.1 apb Link America/Vancouver Canada/Pacific
59 1.1 apb Link America/Regina Canada/Saskatchewan
60 1.1 apb Link America/Whitehorse Canada/Yukon
61 1.1 apb Link America/Santiago Chile/Continental
62 1.1 apb Link Pacific/Easter Chile/EasterIsland
63 1.1 apb Link America/Havana Cuba
64 1.12 kre Link Europe/Athens EET
65 1.12 kre Link America/Panama EST
66 1.12 kre Link America/New_York EST5EDT
67 1.1 apb Link Africa/Cairo Egypt
68 1.1 apb Link Europe/Dublin Eire
69 1.7 kre # Vanguard section, for most .zi parsers.
70 1.7 kre #Link GMT Etc/GMT
71 1.7 kre #Link GMT Etc/GMT+0
72 1.7 kre #Link GMT Etc/GMT-0
73 1.7 kre #Link GMT Etc/GMT0
74 1.7 kre #Link GMT Etc/Greenwich
75 1.7 kre # Rearguard section, for TZUpdater 2.3.2 and earlier.
76 1.7 kre Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT+0
77 1.7 kre Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT-0
78 1.7 kre Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT0
79 1.7 kre Link Etc/GMT Etc/Greenwich
80 1.7 kre # End of rearguard section.
81 1.2 kre Link Etc/UTC Etc/UCT
82 1.7 kre Link Etc/UTC Etc/Universal
83 1.7 kre Link Etc/UTC Etc/Zulu
84 1.1 apb Link Europe/London GB
85 1.1 apb Link Europe/London GB-Eire
86 1.7 kre # Vanguard section, for most .zi parsers.
87 1.7 kre #Link GMT GMT+0
88 1.7 kre #Link GMT GMT-0
89 1.7 kre #Link GMT GMT0
90 1.7 kre #Link GMT Greenwich
91 1.7 kre # Rearguard section, for TZUpdater 2.3.2 and earlier.
92 1.1 apb Link Etc/GMT GMT+0
93 1.1 apb Link Etc/GMT GMT-0
94 1.1 apb Link Etc/GMT GMT0
95 1.1 apb Link Etc/GMT Greenwich
96 1.7 kre # End of rearguard section.
97 1.1 apb Link Asia/Hong_Kong Hongkong
98 1.1 apb Link Atlantic/Reykjavik Iceland
99 1.1 apb Link Asia/Tehran Iran
100 1.1 apb Link Asia/Jerusalem Israel
101 1.1 apb Link America/Jamaica Jamaica
102 1.1 apb Link Asia/Tokyo Japan
103 1.1 apb Link Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein
104 1.1 apb Link Africa/Tripoli Libya
105 1.12 kre Link Europe/Brussels MET
106 1.12 kre Link America/Phoenix MST
107 1.12 kre Link America/Denver MST7MDT
108 1.1 apb Link America/Tijuana Mexico/BajaNorte
109 1.1 apb Link America/Mazatlan Mexico/BajaSur
110 1.1 apb Link America/Mexico_City Mexico/General
111 1.1 apb Link Pacific/Auckland NZ
112 1.1 apb Link Pacific/Chatham NZ-CHAT
113 1.7 kre Link America/Denver Navajo #= America/Shiprock
114 1.1 apb Link Asia/Shanghai PRC
115 1.1 apb Link Europe/Warsaw Poland
116 1.1 apb Link Europe/Lisbon Portugal
117 1.1 apb Link Asia/Taipei ROC
118 1.1 apb Link Asia/Seoul ROK
119 1.1 apb Link Asia/Singapore Singapore
120 1.1 apb Link Europe/Istanbul Turkey
121 1.2 kre Link Etc/UTC UCT
122 1.1 apb Link America/Anchorage US/Alaska
123 1.1 apb Link America/Adak US/Aleutian
124 1.1 apb Link America/Phoenix US/Arizona
125 1.1 apb Link America/Chicago US/Central
126 1.1 apb Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis US/East-Indiana
127 1.1 apb Link America/New_York US/Eastern
128 1.1 apb Link Pacific/Honolulu US/Hawaii
129 1.1 apb Link America/Indiana/Knox US/Indiana-Starke
130 1.1 apb Link America/Detroit US/Michigan
131 1.1 apb Link America/Denver US/Mountain
132 1.1 apb Link America/Los_Angeles US/Pacific
133 1.1 apb Link Pacific/Pago_Pago US/Samoa
134 1.1 apb Link Etc/UTC UTC
135 1.1 apb Link Etc/UTC Universal
136 1.1 apb Link Europe/Moscow W-SU
137 1.1 apb Link Etc/UTC Zulu
138 1.7 kre
139 1.7 kre
140 1.7 kre # Two-part names that were renamed mostly to three-part names in 1995
141 1.7 kre
142 1.7 kre # Link TARGET LINK-NAME #= TARGET1
143 1.7 kre Link America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires America/Buenos_Aires
144 1.7 kre Link America/Argentina/Catamarca America/Catamarca
145 1.7 kre Link America/Argentina/Cordoba America/Cordoba
146 1.7 kre Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis America/Indianapolis
147 1.7 kre Link America/Argentina/Jujuy America/Jujuy
148 1.7 kre Link America/Indiana/Knox America/Knox_IN
149 1.7 kre Link America/Kentucky/Louisville America/Louisville
150 1.7 kre Link America/Argentina/Mendoza America/Mendoza
151 1.7 kre Link America/St_Thomas America/Virgin
152 1.7 kre Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Samoa
153 1.7 kre
154 1.7 kre
155 1.7 kre # Pre-2013 practice, which typically had a Zone per zone.tab line
156 1.7 kre
157 1.7 kre # Link TARGET LINK-NAME
158 1.7 kre
159 1.7 kre
160 1.7 kre # Non-zone.tab locations with timestamps since 1970 that duplicate
161 1.7 kre # those of an existing location
162 1.7 kre
163 1.7 kre # Link TARGET LINK-NAME
164 1.7 kre Link Africa/Bamako Africa/Timbuktu
165 1.7 kre Link America/Argentina/Catamarca America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia
166 1.7 kre Link America/Adak America/Atka
167 1.7 kre Link America/Atikokan America/Coral_Harbour
168 1.7 kre Link America/Tijuana America/Ensenada
169 1.7 kre Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis America/Fort_Wayne
170 1.7 kre Link America/Toronto America/Montreal
171 1.7 kre Link America/Toronto America/Nipigon
172 1.10 kre Link America/Iqaluit America/Pangnirtung
173 1.7 kre Link America/Rio_Branco America/Porto_Acre
174 1.7 kre Link America/Winnipeg America/Rainy_River
175 1.7 kre Link America/Argentina/Cordoba America/Rosario
176 1.7 kre Link America/Tijuana America/Santa_Isabel
177 1.7 kre Link America/Denver America/Shiprock
178 1.7 kre Link America/Toronto America/Thunder_Bay
179 1.11 kre Link America/Edmonton America/Yellowknife
180 1.7 kre Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole
181 1.12 kre Link Asia/Ulaanbaatar Asia/Choibalsan
182 1.7 kre Link Asia/Shanghai Asia/Chongqing
183 1.7 kre Link Asia/Shanghai Asia/Harbin
184 1.7 kre Link Asia/Urumqi Asia/Kashgar
185 1.7 kre Link Asia/Jerusalem Asia/Tel_Aviv
186 1.7 kre Link Europe/Oslo Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
187 1.7 kre Link Australia/Sydney Australia/Canberra
188 1.7 kre Link Australia/Hobart Australia/Currie
189 1.7 kre Link Europe/London Europe/Belfast
190 1.7 kre Link Europe/Chisinau Europe/Tiraspol
191 1.7 kre Link Europe/Kyiv Europe/Uzhgorod
192 1.7 kre Link Europe/Kyiv Europe/Zaporozhye
193 1.7 kre Link Pacific/Kanton Pacific/Enderbury
194 1.7 kre Link Pacific/Honolulu Pacific/Johnston
195 1.7 kre Link Pacific/Chuuk Pacific/Yap
196 1.12 kre Link Europe/Lisbon WET
197 1.7 kre
198 1.7 kre
199 1.7 kre # Alternate names for the same location
200 1.7 kre
201 1.7 kre # Link TARGET LINK-NAME #= TARGET1
202 1.7 kre Link Africa/Asmara Africa/Asmera
203 1.7 kre Link America/Nuuk America/Godthab
204 1.7 kre Link Asia/Ashgabat Asia/Ashkhabad
205 1.7 kre Link Asia/Kolkata Asia/Calcutta
206 1.7 kre Link Asia/Shanghai Asia/Chungking #= Asia/Chongqing
207 1.7 kre Link Asia/Dhaka Asia/Dacca
208 1.7 kre # Istanbul is in both continents.
209 1.7 kre Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul
210 1.7 kre Link Asia/Kathmandu Asia/Katmandu
211 1.7 kre Link Asia/Macau Asia/Macao
212 1.7 kre Link Asia/Yangon Asia/Rangoon
213 1.7 kre Link Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh Asia/Saigon
214 1.7 kre Link Asia/Thimphu Asia/Thimbu
215 1.7 kre Link Asia/Makassar Asia/Ujung_Pandang
216 1.7 kre Link Asia/Ulaanbaatar Asia/Ulan_Bator
217 1.7 kre Link Atlantic/Faroe Atlantic/Faeroe
218 1.7 kre Link Europe/Kyiv Europe/Kiev
219 1.7 kre # Classically, Cyprus is in Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72.
220 1.7 kre # However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe.
221 1.7 kre Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia
222 1.12 kre Link Pacific/Honolulu HST
223 1.12 kre Link America/Los_Angeles PST8PDT
224 1.7 kre Link Pacific/Pohnpei Pacific/Ponape
225 1.7 kre Link Pacific/Chuuk Pacific/Truk
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