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2.2.11.2 Time Zone Strings
The posix time zone string tells the internal date and time utilities how to handle daylight savings
time for different time zones.
Table 2-18
shows some common strings.
Time Zone
Time Zone String
US Pacific time
PST8PDT,M3.2.0/2:00:00,M11.1.0/2:00:00
US Mountain time
MST7MDT,M3.2.0/2:00:00,M11.1.0/2:00:00
US Eastern Time
EST5EDT,M3.2.0/2:00:00,M11.1.0/2:00:00
Phoenix Arizona
a
MST7
US Central Time
CST6DST,M3.2.0/2:00:00,M11.1.0/2:00:00
Table 2-19
shows a breakdown of the parts that constitute the following time zone string:
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CST6DST,M3.2.0/2:00:00,M11.1.0/2:00:00
Time Zone String
Part
Meaning
CST6CDT
The time zone offset from GMT and three character identifiers for the time zone.
CST
Central Standard Time
6
The (hour) offset from GMT/UTC
CDT
Central Daylight Time
M3.2.0/2:00:00
The date and time when daylight savings begins.
M3
The third month (March)
.2
The 2nd occurrence of the day (next item) in the month
.0
Sunday
/2:00:00
Time of day to change
M11.1.0/2:00:00
The date and time when daylight savings ends.
M11
The eleventh month (November)
.1
The 1st occurrence of the day (next item) in the month
.0
Sunday
/2:00:00
Time of day to change
Table 2-18. Common Time Zone Strings
a.Phoenix, Arizona does not use daylight savings time.
Table 2-19. Time Zone String Parts