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Time Zone Codes

Time Zone Codes

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Table D-1 lists time zones and their correlating abbreviations. Use the abbreviations when setting the time of your system. (See the set-time command for more information.)

Table D-1 Time Zone Codes 

Code	Time Zone
GMT	Greenwich Mean
UT	Universal (Coordinated)
WET	Western European
BST	British Summer
WAT	West Africa
AT	Azores
AST	Atlantic Standard
ADT	Atlantic Daylight
EST	Eastern Standard
EDT	Eastern Daylight
CST	Central Standard
CDT	Central Daylight
MST	Mountain Standard
MDT	Mountain Daylight
PST	Pacific Standard
PDT	Pacific Daylight
YST	Yukon Standard
TDT	Yukon Daylight
HST	Hawaii Standard
HDT	Hawaii Daylight
CAT	Central Alaska
AHST	Alaska-Hawaii Standard
NT	Nome
IDLW	International Date Line West
CET	Central European
MET	Middle European
MEWT	Middle European Winter
MEST	Middle European Summer
MESZ	Middle European Summer
SWT	Swedish Winter
SST	Swedish Summer
FWT	French winter
FST	French Summer
EET	Eastern Europe, USSR Zone 1
BT	Baghdad, USSR Zone 2
ZP4	USSR Zone 3
ZP5	USSR Zone 4
ZP6	USSR Zone 5
WAST	West Australian Standard
WADT	West Australian Daylight
CCT	China Coast, USSR Zone 7
JST	Japan Standard, USSR Zone 8
EAST	Eastern Australian Standard
EADT	Eastern Australian Daylight
GST	Guam Standard, USSR Zone 9
NZT	New Zealand
NZST	New Zealand Standard
NZDT	New Zealand Daylight
IDLE	International Date Line East