+ // some symbolic names for TZ
+
+ // Europe
+ WET = GMT0, // Western Europe Time
+ WEST = GMT1, // Western Europe Summer Time
+ CET = GMT1, // Central Europe Time
+ CEST = GMT2, // Central Europe Summer Time
+ EET = GMT2, // Eastern Europe Time
+ EEST = GMT3, // Eastern Europe Summer Time
+ MSK = GMT3, // Moscow Time
+ MSD = GMT4, // Moscow Summer Time
+
+ // US and Canada
+ AST = GMT_4, // Atlantic Standard Time
+ ADT = GMT_3, // Atlantic Daylight Time
+ EST = GMT_5, // Eastern Standard Time
+ EDT = GMT_4, // Eastern Daylight Saving Time
+ CST = GMT_6, // Central Standard Time
+ CDT = GMT_5, // Central Daylight Saving Time
+ MST = GMT_7, // Mountain Standard Time
+ MDT = GMT_6, // Mountain Daylight Saving Time
+ PST = GMT_8, // Pacific Standard Time
+ PDT = GMT_7, // Pacific Daylight Saving Time
+ HST = GMT_10, // Hawaiian Standard Time
+ AKST = GMT_9, // Alaska Standard Time
+ AKDT = GMT_8, // Alaska Daylight Saving Time
+
+ // Australia
+
+ A_WST = GMT8, // Western Standard Time
+ A_CST = GMT12 + 1, // Central Standard Time (+9.5)
+ A_EST = GMT10, // Eastern Standard Time
+ A_ESST = GMT11, // Eastern Summer Time
+
+ // TODO add more symbolic timezone names here
+
+ // Universal Coordinated Time = the new and politically correct name
+ // for GMT