Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcdc!rgt From: rgt@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Ron Tolley) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat Subject: Re: International time zones Message-ID: <9300001@hpfcdc.HP.COM> Date: 12 Aug 89 04:19:35 GMT References: <993@ks.UUCP> Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co. Lines: 18 >> 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! ;-). > > Bob Devine A resource which I have not taped but I know exists is the timezone page of international air line flight schedules. Several times I have glanced at it as I passed by. It contains all of the current offsets from UTC and may also give abbreviations for each time zone along with the standard name. Ron Tolley