Re: More time zones

This is related to the Australian timezone duplication where we have a
GUC parameter.  Could we generalize the GUC stuff to allow arbitrary
timezone mappings?  Just an idea.  Not sure it is worth it.  The
Australians complained but I have not hear complaints from other
countries.

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Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> I've added a fairly large number of time zones to the date/time parser.
> They were originally mentioned in my zinc time zone database but without
> sufficient information to actually enable them. Ruslan gave me a
> reference to a web site with more time zone details so I was able to
> fill in quite a few of them. 
> 
> I've committed the changes to the development tree, and to the stable
> tree also.
> 
> Details below. Comments and complaints welcome ;)
> 
>                      - Thomas
> 
> There are newly recognized time zones:
> 
> AMST AMT ANAST ANAT ART AZOST AZOT AZST AZT BNT BORT BOT BRA BTT
> CHADT CHAST CKT CLST CLT COT CVT DAVT DDUT EEST EGST EGT 
> FJST FJT FKST FKT GALT GAMT GEST GET GFT GILT GYT 
> HKT ICT IRKST IRKT IRT JAVT JAYT KDT KGST KGT KOST KRAST KRAT 
> LHDT LHST LINT LKT MAGST MAGT MART MMT MPT MSD MSK MYT NCT
> NOVST NOVT NUT OMSST OMST 
> PET PETST PETT PGT PHOT PHT PKT PMDT PONT PWT PYST PYT 
> THAT TJT TKT TMT TOT TRUK TVT ULAST ULAT UYST UYT UZST UZT 
> VET VLAST VLAT VUT WAKT WEST WFT WGST WGT WST 
> YAKST YAKT YAPT YEKST YEKT
> 
> There are a few with multiple definitions for which I chose one (the
> alternates are in parens):
> 
> BST British (Brazil, Bering)
> CCT China Coast (Cocos)
> EAST Easter Island (Indian Antananarivo Savings Time)
> EAT East Africa (Indian Antananarivo Time)
> 
> And a few others with multiple definitions for which I did not make a
> choice and left all unrecognized:
> 
> AST Atlantic, Arabia, Acre
> ECT 
> IDT Israeli, Iran, Indian Daylight Time
> 
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