Java Glossary : Timezone

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The names for timezones used in Java comes from a list maintained at NIH by Arthur David Olson. For reasons only he understands, Pacific Standard Time is called America/Los_Angeles.

Here is a list of available timezones:

See GNU Timezone classes that correct for historical changes and leap seconds.

You can find out the current time at any place on the globe at WorldTimeServer.com. It will tell you the offset from UTC, but not the timezone name.

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