IANA Time Zones

Zone

Managed identifiers that refer to a zone:

  • Identifier a canonical name for the zone, typically in the format of {CONTINENT}/{LARGE_CITY}.

Additional managed properties include:

  • Abbreviation a short form often showed alongside times; non-canonical and requires context to resolve.

Examples

IdentifierAbbreviation
America/New_YorkEDT; EST
Australia/SydneyAEST; AEDT
Europe/ViennaCEST; CET

Technical Notes