Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!decwrl!shlump.nac.dec.com!shodha.dec.com!devine From: devine@shodha.dec.com (Bob Devine) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat Subject: Re: International time zones Message-ID: <383@shodha.dec.com> Date: 10 Aug 89 03:47:25 GMT References: <993@ks.UUCP> Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. - Colorado Springs, CO. Lines: 18 In article <993@ks.UUCP>, jriegel@cstemp2.almaden.ibm.com writes: > I need the 3-letter abbreviation (CET, etc.) [for time zones] > If anyone has such a list, please mail it to me. > > jriegel@ibm.com Unfortunately there is no list. There are some accepted 3 letter abbreviations that are used in the English speaking countries but each country tends to call the timezones that pass through them a different name (why...that's un-American! ;-). Even for English speaking countries some of the timezones abbreviations are not 3 letters long (eg., Alaska-Hawaii timezone is AHST). I suggest that you use English names where appropriate and a combination of UTC and offset for the others. Bob Devine