Hi,
Was wondering if anyone knows of a Timezone API that i could hook into?
Would like to offer users on their profile page to select their timezone so they can match up to user in a similar timezone?
Many thanks
I’d go for Google APIs if you need server side, and moment timezone for client side.
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@mishav is not wrong, but you can retrieve Timezone and Timezone ID in vanilla Bubble. They are subproperties of geographic locations.
So, the interface for this is:
Ask user for their address. Explain that the purpose is to get their local Timezone.
Retrieve Timezone ID (not Timezone) from that location. STORE the Timezone ID on the user.
The reason you want to not read it constantly from location is that calls to Timezone and Timezone ID subfields consume geolocation API capacity and you can easily overrun that.
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The Google Timezone API is also very easy to configure separately in API Connector should you need to.
BTW, search the forum for posts from me about Timezone and Timezone ID to learn more about these and what u can do. One of those threads is me explaining a bug (which has since been fixed) in Bubble’s Google Timezone implemention where I explain the diff between TZ and TZ ID.
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Agree with going through Google Maps / Bubble’s built-in timezone feature.
But, if that isn’t an option, I created a plugin that overlaps with your use case. Link below.
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This looks really useful Dan. Cannot see where to work with timezones though Dan?
Many thanks
Thanks Keith. Will do a search on the forum for your past posts.
Yep, here’s a video walkthrough.
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Yup. Just noticed the video link 
Any pointers on how I could turn this into a select menu for users to choose from a list of timezones?
Many thanks
I could add a Data Type with the following entries -
and work from that I suppose? That would work ok?
This has a timezone download.
However it may just be easier to ask them to type in their location (with the typeahead search) and pull the time zone from that.
See “Add Team Member”…
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From your post here, it looks like you got it covered. But yes, using @NigelG’s API approach or search fields would be good options.
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Search fields?
Meant to say search based approach* (based on records in the database), not search fields.
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You already have that: If you derive Timezone ID from the user’s location (either you have them enter a geo address or get an approximation via IP tricks and then you just do That_geo_location’s Timezone ID – using Bubble – you’ll have a text object with their Timezone ID.
AND that’s the right way to do it BECAUSE there are more than 500 Timezone IDs.
If you want a complete list, just build a page that loads moment-timezone (or go visit one like any of the calendars on my GRUPZ site - like here https://grupz.com/avail-calendar-simple-18/1533598513737x940983987061391400) and then hit F12 to open the console.
In the console, execute (meaning just type this in at the console prompt):
moment.tz.names();
Here’s what you’ll see… You really don’t want to make a dropdown this long! Get Timezone ID from a LOCATION:
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0: “Africa/Abidjan”
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1: “Africa/Accra”
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2: “Africa/Addis_Ababa”
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3: “Africa/Algiers”
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4: “Africa/Asmara”
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5: “Africa/Asmera”
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6: “Africa/Bamako”
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7: “Africa/Bangui”
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8: “Africa/Banjul”
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9: “Africa/Bissau”
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10: “Africa/Blantyre”
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11: “Africa/Brazzaville”
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12: “Africa/Bujumbura”
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13: “Africa/Cairo”
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14: “Africa/Casablanca”
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15: “Africa/Ceuta”
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16: “Africa/Conakry”
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17: “Africa/Dakar”
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18: “Africa/Dar_es_Salaam”
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19: “Africa/Djibouti”
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20: “Africa/Douala”
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21: “Africa/El_Aaiun”
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22: “Africa/Freetown”
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23: “Africa/Gaborone”
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24: “Africa/Harare”
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25: “Africa/Johannesburg”
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26: “Africa/Juba”
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27: “Africa/Kampala”
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28: “Africa/Khartoum”
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29: “Africa/Kigali”
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30: “Africa/Kinshasa”
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31: “Africa/Lagos”
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32: “Africa/Libreville”
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33: “Africa/Lome”
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34: “Africa/Luanda”
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35: “Africa/Lubumbashi”
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36: “Africa/Lusaka”
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37: “Africa/Malabo”
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38: “Africa/Maputo”
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39: “Africa/Maseru”
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40: “Africa/Mbabane”
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41: “Africa/Mogadishu”
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42: “Africa/Monrovia”
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43: “Africa/Nairobi”
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44: “Africa/Ndjamena”
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45: “Africa/Niamey”
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46: “Africa/Nouakchott”
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47: “Africa/Ouagadougou”
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48: “Africa/Porto-Novo”
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49: “Africa/Sao_Tome”
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50: “Africa/Timbuktu”
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51: “Africa/Tripoli”
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52: “Africa/Tunis”
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53: “Africa/Windhoek”
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54: “America/Adak”
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55: “America/Anchorage”
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56: “America/Anguilla”
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57: “America/Antigua”
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58: “America/Araguaina”
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59: “America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires”
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60: “America/Argentina/Catamarca”
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61: “America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia”
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62: “America/Argentina/Cordoba”
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63: “America/Argentina/Jujuy”
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64: “America/Argentina/La_Rioja”
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65: “America/Argentina/Mendoza”
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66: “America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos”
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67: “America/Argentina/Salta”
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68: “America/Argentina/San_Juan”
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69: “America/Argentina/San_Luis”
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70: “America/Argentina/Tucuman”
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71: “America/Argentina/Ushuaia”
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72: “America/Aruba”
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73: “America/Asuncion”
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74: “America/Atikokan”
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75: “America/Atka”
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76: “America/Bahia”
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77: “America/Bahia_Banderas”
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78: “America/Barbados”
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79: “America/Belem”
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80: “America/Belize”
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81: “America/Blanc-Sablon”
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82: “America/Boa_Vista”
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83: “America/Bogota”
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84: “America/Boise”
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85: “America/Buenos_Aires”
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86: “America/Cambridge_Bay”
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87: “America/Campo_Grande”
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88: “America/Cancun”
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89: “America/Caracas”
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90: “America/Catamarca”
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91: “America/Cayenne”
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92: “America/Cayman”
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93: “America/Chicago”
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94: “America/Chihuahua”
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95: “America/Coral_Harbour”
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96: “America/Cordoba”
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97: “America/Costa_Rica”
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98: “America/Creston”
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99: “America/Cuiaba”
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100: “America/Curacao”
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101: “America/Danmarkshavn”
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102: “America/Dawson”
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103: “America/Dawson_Creek”
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104: “America/Denver”
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105: “America/Detroit”
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106: “America/Dominica”
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107: “America/Edmonton”
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108: “America/Eirunepe”
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109: “America/El_Salvador”
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110: “America/Ensenada”
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111: “America/Fort_Nelson”
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112: “America/Fort_Wayne”
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113: “America/Fortaleza”
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114: “America/Glace_Bay”
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115: “America/Godthab”
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116: “America/Goose_Bay”
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117: “America/Grand_Turk”
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118: “America/Grenada”
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119: “America/Guadeloupe”
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120: “America/Guatemala”
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121: “America/Guayaquil”
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122: “America/Guyana”
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123: “America/Halifax”
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124: “America/Havana”
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125: “America/Hermosillo”
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126: “America/Indiana/Indianapolis”
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127: “America/Indiana/Knox”
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128: “America/Indiana/Marengo”
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129: “America/Indiana/Petersburg”
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130: “America/Indiana/Tell_City”
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131: “America/Indiana/Vevay”
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132: “America/Indiana/Vincennes”
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133: “America/Indiana/Winamac”
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134: “America/Indianapolis”
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135: “America/Inuvik”
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136: “America/Iqaluit”
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137: “America/Jamaica”
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138: “America/Jujuy”
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139: “America/Juneau”
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140: “America/Kentucky/Louisville”
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141: “America/Kentucky/Monticello”
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142: “America/Knox_IN”
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143: “America/Kralendijk”
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144: “America/La_Paz”
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145: “America/Lima”
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146: “America/Los_Angeles”
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147: “America/Louisville”
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148: “America/Lower_Princes”
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149: “America/Maceio”
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150: “America/Managua”
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151: “America/Manaus”
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152: “America/Marigot”
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153: “America/Martinique”
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154: “America/Matamoros”
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155: “America/Mazatlan”
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156: “America/Mendoza”
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157: “America/Menominee”
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158: “America/Merida”
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159: “America/Metlakatla”
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160: “America/Mexico_City”
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161: “America/Miquelon”
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162: “America/Moncton”
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163: “America/Monterrey”
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164: “America/Montevideo”
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165: “America/Montreal”
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166: “America/Montserrat”
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167: “America/Nassau”
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168: “America/New_York”
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169: “America/Nipigon”
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170: “America/Nome”
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171: “America/Noronha”
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172: “America/North_Dakota/Beulah”
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173: “America/North_Dakota/Center”
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174: “America/North_Dakota/New_Salem”
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175: “America/Ojinaga”
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176: “America/Panama”
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177: “America/Pangnirtung”
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178: “America/Paramaribo”
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179: “America/Phoenix”
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180: “America/Port-au-Prince”
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181: “America/Port_of_Spain”
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182: “America/Porto_Acre”
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183: “America/Porto_Velho”
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184: “America/Puerto_Rico”
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185: “America/Punta_Arenas”
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186: “America/Rainy_River”
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187: “America/Rankin_Inlet”
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188: “America/Recife”
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189: “America/Regina”
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190: “America/Resolute”
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191: “America/Rio_Branco”
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192: “America/Rosario”
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193: “America/Santa_Isabel”
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194: “America/Santarem”
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195: “America/Santiago”
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196: “America/Santo_Domingo”
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197: “America/Sao_Paulo”
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198: “America/Scoresbysund”
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199: “America/Shiprock”
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200: “America/Sitka”
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201: “America/St_Barthelemy”
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202: “America/St_Johns”
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203: “America/St_Kitts”
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204: “America/St_Lucia”
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205: “America/St_Thomas”
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206: “America/St_Vincent”
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207: “America/Swift_Current”
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208: “America/Tegucigalpa”
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209: “America/Thule”
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210: “America/Thunder_Bay”
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211: “America/Tijuana”
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212: “America/Toronto”
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213: “America/Tortola”
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214: “America/Vancouver”
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215: “America/Virgin”
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216: “America/Whitehorse”
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217: “America/Winnipeg”
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218: “America/Yakutat”
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219: “America/Yellowknife”
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220: “Antarctica/Casey”
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221: “Antarctica/Davis”
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222: “Antarctica/DumontDUrville”
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223: “Antarctica/Macquarie”
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224: “Antarctica/Mawson”
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225: “Antarctica/McMurdo”
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226: “Antarctica/Palmer”
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227: “Antarctica/Rothera”
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228: “Antarctica/South_Pole”
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229: “Antarctica/Syowa”
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230: “Antarctica/Troll”
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231: “Antarctica/Vostok”
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232: “Arctic/Longyearbyen”
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233: “Asia/Aden”
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234: “Asia/Almaty”
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235: “Asia/Amman”
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236: “Asia/Anadyr”
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237: “Asia/Aqtau”
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238: “Asia/Aqtobe”
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239: “Asia/Ashgabat”
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240: “Asia/Ashkhabad”
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241: “Asia/Atyrau”
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242: “Asia/Baghdad”
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243: “Asia/Bahrain”
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244: “Asia/Baku”
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245: “Asia/Bangkok”
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246: “Asia/Barnaul”
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247: “Asia/Beirut”
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248: “Asia/Bishkek”
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249: “Asia/Brunei”
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250: “Asia/Calcutta”
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251: “Asia/Chita”
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252: “Asia/Choibalsan”
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253: “Asia/Chongqing”
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254: “Asia/Chungking”
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255: “Asia/Colombo”
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256: “Asia/Dacca”
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257: “Asia/Damascus”
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258: “Asia/Dhaka”
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259: “Asia/Dili”
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260: “Asia/Dubai”
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261: “Asia/Dushanbe”
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262: “Asia/Famagusta”
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263: “Asia/Gaza”
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264: “Asia/Harbin”
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265: “Asia/Hebron”
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266: “Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh”
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267: “Asia/Hong_Kong”
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268: “Asia/Hovd”
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269: “Asia/Irkutsk”
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270: “Asia/Istanbul”
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271: “Asia/Jakarta”
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272: “Asia/Jayapura”
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273: “Asia/Jerusalem”
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274: “Asia/Kabul”
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275: “Asia/Kamchatka”
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276: “Asia/Karachi”
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277: “Asia/Kashgar”
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278: “Asia/Kathmandu”
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279: “Asia/Katmandu”
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280: “Asia/Khandyga”
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281: “Asia/Kolkata”
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282: “Asia/Krasnoyarsk”
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283: “Asia/Kuala_Lumpur”
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284: “Asia/Kuching”
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285: “Asia/Kuwait”
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286: “Asia/Macao”
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287: “Asia/Macau”
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288: “Asia/Magadan”
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289: “Asia/Makassar”
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290: “Asia/Manila”
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291: “Asia/Muscat”
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292: “Asia/Nicosia”
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293: “Asia/Novokuznetsk”
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294: “Asia/Novosibirsk”
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295: “Asia/Omsk”
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296: “Asia/Oral”
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297: “Asia/Phnom_Penh”
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298: “Asia/Pontianak”
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299: “Asia/Pyongyang”
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[300 … 399]
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300: “Asia/Qatar”
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301: “Asia/Qyzylorda”
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302: “Asia/Rangoon”
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303: “Asia/Riyadh”
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304: “Asia/Saigon”
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305: “Asia/Sakhalin”
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306: “Asia/Samarkand”
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307: “Asia/Seoul”
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308: “Asia/Shanghai”
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309: “Asia/Singapore”
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310: “Asia/Srednekolymsk”
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311: “Asia/Taipei”
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312: “Asia/Tashkent”
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313: “Asia/Tbilisi”
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314: “Asia/Tehran”
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315: “Asia/Tel_Aviv”
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316: “Asia/Thimbu”
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317: “Asia/Thimphu”
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318: “Asia/Tokyo”
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319: “Asia/Tomsk”
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320: “Asia/Ujung_Pandang”
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321: “Asia/Ulaanbaatar”
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322: “Asia/Ulan_Bator”
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323: “Asia/Urumqi”
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324: “Asia/Ust-Nera”
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325: “Asia/Vientiane”
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326: “Asia/Vladivostok”
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327: “Asia/Yakutsk”
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328: “Asia/Yangon”
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329: “Asia/Yekaterinburg”
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330: “Asia/Yerevan”
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331: “Atlantic/Azores”
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332: “Atlantic/Bermuda”
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333: “Atlantic/Canary”
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334: “Atlantic/Cape_Verde”
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335: “Atlantic/Faeroe”
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336: “Atlantic/Faroe”
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337: “Atlantic/Jan_Mayen”
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338: “Atlantic/Madeira”
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339: “Atlantic/Reykjavik”
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340: “Atlantic/South_Georgia”
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341: “Atlantic/St_Helena”
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342: “Atlantic/Stanley”
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343: “Australia/ACT”
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344: “Australia/Adelaide”
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345: “Australia/Brisbane”
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346: “Australia/Broken_Hill”
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347: “Australia/Canberra”
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348: “Australia/Currie”
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349: “Australia/Darwin”
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350: “Australia/Eucla”
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351: “Australia/Hobart”
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352: “Australia/LHI”
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353: “Australia/Lindeman”
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354: “Australia/Lord_Howe”
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355: “Australia/Melbourne”
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356: “Australia/NSW”
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357: “Australia/North”
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358: “Australia/Perth”
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359: “Australia/Queensland”
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360: “Australia/South”
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361: “Australia/Sydney”
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362: “Australia/Tasmania”
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363: “Australia/Victoria”
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364: “Australia/West”
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365: “Australia/Yancowinna”
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366: “Brazil/Acre”
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367: “Brazil/DeNoronha”
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368: “Brazil/East”
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369: “Brazil/West”
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370: “CET”
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371: “CST6CDT”
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372: “Canada/Atlantic”
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373: “Canada/Central”
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374: “Canada/Eastern”
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375: “Canada/Mountain”
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376: “Canada/Newfoundland”
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377: “Canada/Pacific”
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378: “Canada/Saskatchewan”
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379: “Canada/Yukon”
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380: “Chile/Continental”
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381: “Chile/EasterIsland”
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382: “Cuba”
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383: “EET”
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384: “EST”
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385: “EST5EDT”
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386: “Egypt”
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387: “Eire”
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388: “Etc/GMT”
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389: “Etc/GMT+0”
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390: “Etc/GMT+1”
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391: “Etc/GMT+10”
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392: “Etc/GMT+11”
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393: “Etc/GMT+12”
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394: “Etc/GMT+2”
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395: “Etc/GMT+3”
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396: “Etc/GMT+4”
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397: “Etc/GMT+5”
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398: “Etc/GMT+6”
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399: “Etc/GMT+7”
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400: “Etc/GMT+8”
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401: “Etc/GMT+9”
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402: “Etc/GMT-0”
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403: “Etc/GMT-1”
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404: “Etc/GMT-10”
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405: “Etc/GMT-11”
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406: “Etc/GMT-12”
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407: “Etc/GMT-13”
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408: “Etc/GMT-14”
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409: “Etc/GMT-2”
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410: “Etc/GMT-3”
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411: “Etc/GMT-4”
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412: “Etc/GMT-5”
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413: “Etc/GMT-6”
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414: “Etc/GMT-7”
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415: “Etc/GMT-8”
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416: “Etc/GMT-9”
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417: “Etc/GMT0”
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418: “Etc/Greenwich”
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419: “Etc/UCT”
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420: “Etc/UTC”
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421: “Etc/Universal”
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422: “Etc/Zulu”
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423: “Europe/Amsterdam”
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424: “Europe/Andorra”
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425: “Europe/Astrakhan”
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426: “Europe/Athens”
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427: “Europe/Belfast”
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428: “Europe/Belgrade”
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429: “Europe/Berlin”
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430: “Europe/Bratislava”
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431: “Europe/Brussels”
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432: “Europe/Bucharest”
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433: “Europe/Budapest”
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434: “Europe/Busingen”
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435: “Europe/Chisinau”
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436: “Europe/Copenhagen”
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437: “Europe/Dublin”
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438: “Europe/Gibraltar”
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439: “Europe/Guernsey”
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440: “Europe/Helsinki”
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441: “Europe/Isle_of_Man”
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442: “Europe/Istanbul”
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443: “Europe/Jersey”
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444: “Europe/Kaliningrad”
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445: “Europe/Kiev”
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446: “Europe/Kirov”
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447: “Europe/Lisbon”
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448: “Europe/Ljubljana”
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449: “Europe/London”
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450: “Europe/Luxembourg”
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451: “Europe/Madrid”
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452: “Europe/Malta”
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453: “Europe/Mariehamn”
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454: “Europe/Minsk”
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455: “Europe/Monaco”
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456: “Europe/Moscow”
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457: “Europe/Nicosia”
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458: “Europe/Oslo”
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459: “Europe/Paris”
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460: “Europe/Podgorica”
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461: “Europe/Prague”
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462: “Europe/Riga”
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463: “Europe/Rome”
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464: “Europe/Samara”
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465: “Europe/San_Marino”
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466: “Europe/Sarajevo”
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467: “Europe/Saratov”
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468: “Europe/Simferopol”
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469: “Europe/Skopje”
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470: “Europe/Sofia”
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471: “Europe/Stockholm”
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472: “Europe/Tallinn”
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473: “Europe/Tirane”
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474: “Europe/Tiraspol”
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475: “Europe/Ulyanovsk”
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476: “Europe/Uzhgorod”
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477: “Europe/Vaduz”
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478: “Europe/Vatican”
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479: “Europe/Vienna”
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480: “Europe/Vilnius”
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481: “Europe/Volgograd”
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482: “Europe/Warsaw”
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483: “Europe/Zagreb”
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484: “Europe/Zaporozhye”
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485: “Europe/Zurich”
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486: “GB”
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487: “GB-Eire”
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488: “GMT”
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489: “GMT+0”
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490: “GMT-0”
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491: “GMT0”
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492: “Greenwich”
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493: “HST”
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494: “Hongkong”
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495: “Iceland”
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496: “Indian/Antananarivo”
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497: “Indian/Chagos”
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498: “Indian/Christmas”
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499: “Indian/Cocos”
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500: “Indian/Comoro”
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501: “Indian/Kerguelen”
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502: “Indian/Mahe”
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503: “Indian/Maldives”
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504: “Indian/Mauritius”
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505: “Indian/Mayotte”
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506: “Indian/Reunion”
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507: “Iran”
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508: “Israel”
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509: “Jamaica”
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510: “Japan”
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511: “Kwajalein”
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512: “Libya”
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513: “MET”
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514: “MST”
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515: “MST7MDT”
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516: “Mexico/BajaNorte”
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517: “Mexico/BajaSur”
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518: “Mexico/General”
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519: “NZ”
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520: “NZ-CHAT”
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521: “Navajo”
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522: “PRC”
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523: “PST8PDT”
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524: “Pacific/Apia”
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525: “Pacific/Auckland”
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526: “Pacific/Bougainville”
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527: “Pacific/Chatham”
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528: “Pacific/Chuuk”
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529: “Pacific/Easter”
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530: “Pacific/Efate”
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531: “Pacific/Enderbury”
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532: “Pacific/Fakaofo”
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533: “Pacific/Fiji”
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534: “Pacific/Funafuti”
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535: “Pacific/Galapagos”
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536: “Pacific/Gambier”
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537: “Pacific/Guadalcanal”
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538: “Pacific/Guam”
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539: “Pacific/Honolulu”
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540: “Pacific/Johnston”
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541: “Pacific/Kiritimati”
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542: “Pacific/Kosrae”
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543: “Pacific/Kwajalein”
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544: “Pacific/Majuro”
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545: “Pacific/Marquesas”
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546: “Pacific/Midway”
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547: “Pacific/Nauru”
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548: “Pacific/Niue”
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549: “Pacific/Norfolk”
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550: “Pacific/Noumea”
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551: “Pacific/Pago_Pago”
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552: “Pacific/Palau”
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553: “Pacific/Pitcairn”
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554: “Pacific/Pohnpei”
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555: “Pacific/Ponape”
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556: “Pacific/Port_Moresby”
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557: “Pacific/Rarotonga”
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558: “Pacific/Saipan”
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559: “Pacific/Samoa”
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560: “Pacific/Tahiti”
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561: “Pacific/Tarawa”
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562: “Pacific/Tongatapu”
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563: “Pacific/Truk”
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564: “Pacific/Wake”
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565: “Pacific/Wallis”
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566: “Pacific/Yap”
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567: “Poland”
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568: “Portugal”
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569: “ROC”
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570: “ROK”
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571: “Singapore”
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572: “Turkey”
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573: “UCT”
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574: “US/Alaska”
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575: “US/Aleutian”
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576: “US/Arizona”
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577: “US/Central”
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578: “US/East-Indiana”
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579: “US/Eastern”
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580: “US/Hawaii”
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581: “US/Indiana-Starke”
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582: “US/Michigan”
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583: “US/Mountain”
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584: “US/Pacific”
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585: “US/Pacific-New”
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586: “US/Samoa”
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587: “UTC”
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588: “Universal”
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589: “W-SU”
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590: “WET”
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591: “Zulu”
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NOW, consider that each of those Timezone IDs (well, most of them) have multiple Timezones within them at various times of the year. (Like, where I live in Pacific Time, we have Pacific Standard Time and Pacific Daylight Time, depending on what time year it is.)
A human really can’t select that. So what you do is have the human enter something that’s easy – their location. And then Bubble can just give you their Timezone ID and current Timezone whenever you need it (again, that’s just any_geo_address’s Timezone ID [the things I show above] or any_geo_address’s Timezone [for the actual current Timezone - like PST vs PDT]).
Caveat, I recommend grabbing Timezone ID and storing that on some object, as I’ve mentioned before.
When Bubble dialogs show you a place to enter a “Timezone”, what that really is is the “Timezone ID”*.
So like, when you format a date, you have the option of specifying a time zone. Just put a Timezone ID value in there and the date/time presentation will be computed correctly.
The point is that Timezone IDs never change. “Timezone names” change throughout the year. All you have to do is ask a user for their location (or the location of something you care about) once and then you can always get to the current local time/date at that location accurately.
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One more thing. Whether you snag TZ IDs or TZ Names, you want to that sparingly because of this:
If you for example build a repeating group with a ton of dates in it, all of which you are formatting via thing’s geo address’s Timezone ID (or Timezone Name), you will be pinging Googles api every single instance and can overrun your limits very quickly.
So, since these are just texts, snag the text once and send that text to the Timezone selector dialog.
@NigelG Would love to implement something similar to what you’ve done with Teamytime. Basically, type in city name, show possible results, choose an option and this gets saved to the DB and displayed.
Any pointers you could give? Have setup the TimeZoneDB API, and currently have a dropdown which is just ridiculously long. Your method seems like a more manageable option.
Many thanks
Hi there,
I just used the native Bubble functions.
Will set up an example and share it with you.
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An example would be awesome Nigel. Much appreciated.
I’ve not been in love with a tool like Bubble for a long time. There’s so much that can be achieved with it!