Oracle® Calendar Reference Manual 10g Release 1 (10.1.2) Part Number B25486-03 |
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Setting the time zone correctly is crucial to the success of your Oracle Calendar server installation. Determine applicable time zones prior to creating nodes.
This chapter contains the following sections:
Note: The time zone of a node cannot be changed once that node has been created. |
Table 7-1 Time Zones
Country | Current Time Zone Notation |
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Afghanistan |
UCT-4:30 |
Albania |
MET-1METDST |
Algeria |
UCT-1 |
American Samoa |
UCT11 |
Andorra |
MET-1METDST |
Angola |
UCT-1 |
Anguilla |
UCT4 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
UCT4 |
Argentina |
SAT3 |
Armenia |
UCT-4 |
Aruba |
UCT4 |
Australia (Lord Howe Island) |
LHT-10:30LHDT |
Australia (New South Wales; Capitol Territory; Victoria) |
EST-10EDT |
Australia (Northern Territory) |
UCT-9:30 |
Australia (Queensland) |
UCT-10 |
Australia (South Australia and Broken Hill) |
CST-9:30CDT |
Australia (Tasmania) |
TST-10TDT |
Australia (Western) |
UCT-8 |
Austria |
MEZ-1MESZ |
Azerbaijan |
UCT-3 |
Bahamas |
EST5EDT |
Bahrain |
UCT-3 |
Bangladesh |
UCT-6 |
Barbados |
UCT4 |
Belarus |
EET-2EETDST |
Belgium |
MET-1METDST |
Belize |
UCT6 |
Benin |
UCT-1 |
Bermuda |
AST4ADT |
Bhutan |
UCT-6 |
Bolivia |
UCT4 |
Bonaire |
UCT4 |
Bosnia Herzegovina |
MET-1METDST |
Botswana |
UCT-2 |
Brazil (East; Including All Coast and Brasilia) |
EBST3EBDT |
Brazil (Fernando de Noronha) |
NORO2 |
Brazil (Trinity of Acre) |
ACRE5 |
Brazil (West) |
WBST4WBDT |
British Virgin Islands |
UCT4 |
Brunei |
UCT-8 |
Bulgaria |
EET-2EETDST |
Burkina Faso |
UCT |
Burma |
UCT-6:30 |
Burundi |
UCT-2 |
Cambodia |
UCT-7 |
Cameroon |
UCT-1 |
Canada (Atlantic) |
AST4ADT |
Canada (Central) |
CST6CDT |
Canada (Eastern) |
EST5EDT |
Canada (Mountain) |
MST7MDT |
Canada (Newfoundland) |
NST3:30NDT |
Canada (Pacific and Yukon) |
PST8PDT |
Canada (Saskatchewan) |
EST5 |
Cape Verde |
UCT1 |
Cayman Islands |
UCT5 |
Central African Republic |
UCT-1 |
Chad |
UCT-1 |
Chile |
CST4CDT |
Chile (Easter Island) |
EIST6EIDT |
China |
CST-8 |
Christmas Islands |
UCT-7 |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
UCT-6:30 |
Colombia |
UCT5 |
Congo |
UCT-1 |
Cook Islands |
UCT10 |
Costa Rica |
UCT6 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
UCT |
Croatia |
MET-1METDST |
Cuba |
UCT5 |
Curacao |
UCT4 |
Cyprus |
EET-2EETDST |
Czech Republic |
MET-1METDST |
Denmark |
MET-1METDST |
Djibouti |
UCT-3 |
Dominica |
UCT4 |
The Dominican Republic |
UCT4 |
Ecuador |
UCT5 |
Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) |
UCT6 |
Egypt |
EST-2EDT |
El Salvador |
UCT6 |
Equatorial Guinea |
UCT-1 |
Eritrea |
UCT-3 |
Estonia |
EET-2EETDST |
Ethiopia |
UCT-3 |
Faroe Islands |
WET0WETDST |
Fiji |
UCT-12 |
Finland |
EET-2EETDST |
France |
MET-1METDST |
French Guiana |
SAT3 |
French Polynesia |
UCT10 |
Gabon |
UCT-1 |
The Gambia |
UCT |
Georgia |
EUT-4EUTDST |
Germany |
MEZ-1MESZ |
Ghana |
UCT |
Gibraltar |
MET-1METDST |
Greece |
EET-2EETDST |
Greenland (Scorsbysund) |
EUT1EUTDST |
Greenland (Thule) |
AST4ADT |
Grenada |
UCT4 |
Guadeloupe |
UCT4 |
Guam |
UCT-10 |
Guatemala |
UCT6 |
Guinea Bissau |
UCT |
Guyana |
UCT3 |
Haiti |
EST5EDT |
Hawaii |
UCT10 |
Honduras |
UCT6 |
Hong Kong |
UCT-8 |
Hungary |
MET-1METDST |
Iceland |
UCT |
India |
UCT-5:30 |
Indonesia (Central) |
UCT-8 |
Indonesia (East) |
UCT-9 |
Indonesia (West) |
UCT-7 |
Iran |
UCT-3:30 |
Iraq |
IST-3IDT |
Ireland |
GMT0BST |
Israel |
IST-2IDT |
Italy |
MET-1METDST |
Jamaica |
UCT5 |
Japan |
JST |
Johnston Islands |
UCT10 |
Jordan |
JST-2JDT |
Juan Fernandez Islands |
UCT5 |
Kazakhstan |
EUT-6EUTDST |
Kenya |
UCT-3 |
Kiribati |
UCT-12 |
Kuwait |
UCT-3 |
Kyrgyzstan |
UCT-5 |
Laos |
UCT-7 |
Latvia |
EET-2EETDST |
Lebanon |
EUT-2EUTDST |
Leeward Islands |
UCT4 |
Lesotho |
UCT-2 |
Liberia |
UCT |
Libya |
UCT-2 |
Liechtenstein |
MET-1METDST |
Lithuania |
EET-2EETDST |
Luxembourg |
MET-1METDST |
Macao |
UCT-8 |
Macedonia |
MET-1METDST |
Madagascar |
UCT-3 |
Malawi |
UCT-2 |
Malaysia |
MST-8 |
Maldives |
UCT-5 |
Mali |
UCT |
Malta |
MET-1METDST |
Mariana Islands |
UCT-10 |
Martinique |
UCT4 |
Mauritania |
UCT |
Mauritius |
UCT-4 |
Mayotte |
UCT-3 |
Mexico |
CST6CDT |
Mexico (Baja N.) |
PST8PDT |
Mexico (Baja S.) |
MST7MDT |
Midway Islands |
UCT11 |
Moldova |
EET-2EETDST |
Monaco |
MET-1METDST |
Mongolia |
EUT-8EUTDST |
Montenegro |
MET-1METDST |
Montserrat |
UCT4 |
Morocco |
UCT |
Mozambique |
UCT-2 |
Namibia |
UCT-2 |
Nauru |
UCT-12 |
Nepal |
UCT-5:45 |
The Netherlands Antilles |
UCT4 |
The Netherlands |
MET-1METDST |
New Caledonia |
UCT-11 |
New Hebrides |
UCT-11 |
New Zealand |
NZST-12NZDT |
New Zealand (Chatham Island) |
CIST-12:45CIDT |
Nicaragua |
UCT6 |
Niger |
UCT-1 |
Nigeria |
UCT-1 |
Niue Islands |
UCT11 |
Norfolk Island |
UCT-11:30 |
North Korea |
KST |
Norway |
MET-1METDST |
Oman |
UCT-4 |
Pakistan |
UCT-5 |
Palau |
UCT-9 |
Panama |
UCT5 |
Papua New Guinea |
UCT-10 |
Paraguay |
UCT4 |
Peru |
UCT5 |
Philippines |
UCT-8 |
Pitcairn Island |
UCT-9 |
Poland |
MET-1METDST |
Portugal (Azores) |
EUT1EUTDST |
Portugal (Madeira) |
PWT0PST |
Puerto Rico |
UCT4 |
Qatar |
UCT-3 |
Reunion |
UCT-4 |
Romania |
EET-2EETDST |
Russia (Moscow) |
MST-3MDT |
Russian Fed. Zone 1 (Kaliningrad) |
RFT-2RFTDST |
Russian Fed. Zone 10 (Magadan) |
RFT-11RFTDST |
Russian Fed. Zone 11 (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) |
RFT-12RFTDST |
Russian Fed. Zone 2 (St. Petersburg) |
RFT-3RFTDST |
Russian Fed. Zone 3 (Izhevsk) |
RFT-4RFTDST |
Russian Fed. Zone 4 (Ekaterinburg) |
RFT-5RFTDST |
Russian Fed. Zone 5 (Novosibirsk) |
RFT-6RFTDST |
Russian Fed. Zone 6 (Krasnojarsk) |
RFT-7RFTDST |
Russian Fed. Zone 7 (Irkutsk) |
RFT-8RFTDST |
Russian Fed. Zone 8 (Yakatsk) |
RFT-9RFTDST |
Russian Fed. Zone 9 (Vladivostok) |
RFT-10RFTDST |
Rwanda |
UCT-2 |
Saint Pierre & Miquelon |
NAST3NADT |
San Marino |
MET-1METDST |
Sao Tome and Principe |
UCT |
Saudi Arabia |
UCT-3 |
Senegal |
UCT |
Serbia |
MET-1METDST |
The Seychelles |
UCT-4 |
Sierra Leone |
UCT |
Singapore |
UCT-8 |
Slovakia |
MET-1METDST |
Slovenia |
MET-1METDST |
Solomon Islands |
UCT-11 |
Somalia |
UCT-3 |
South Africa |
SAST-2 |
South Georgia |
UCT3 |
South Korea |
KST |
Spain |
MET-1METDST |
Spain (Canary Islands) |
WET0WETDST |
Sri Lanka |
UCT-5:30 |
St. Helena |
UCT |
St. Kitts-Nevis |
UCT4 |
St. Lucia |
UCT4 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
UCT4 |
Sudan |
UCT-2 |
Suriname |
UCT3 |
Swaziland |
UCT-2 |
Sweden |
MET-1METDST |
Switzerland |
MEZ-1MESZ |
Syria |
SST-2SDT |
Tahiti |
UCT10 |
Taiwan |
UCT-8 |
Tajikistan |
UCT-5 |
Tanzania |
UCT-3 |
Thailand |
UCT-7 |
Togo |
UCT |
Tonga |
UCT-13 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTST4 |
Tunisia |
UCT-1 |
Turkey |
EET-2EETDST |
Turkmenistan |
UCT-5 |
Turks & Caicos Islands |
EST5EDT |
Tuvalu |
UCT-12 |
Uganda |
UCT-3 |
Ukraine |
EET-2EETDST |
Ukraine (Simferopol) |
EUT-3EUTDST |
United Arab Emirates |
UAEST-4 |
United Kingdom |
GMT0BST |
Uruguay |
SAT3 |
US Virgin Islands |
UCT4 |
USA (Alaska) |
NAST9NADT |
USA (Aleutian Islands) |
AST10ADT |
USA (Arizona) |
MST7 |
USA (Central) |
CST6CDT |
USA (Eastern) |
EST5EDT |
USA (Indiana) |
EST5 |
USA (Mountain) |
MST7MDT |
USA (Pacific) |
PST8PDT |
Uzbekistan |
UCT-5 |
Vanuatu |
UCT-11 |
Vatican City |
MET-1METDST |
Venezuela |
UCT4 |
Vietnam |
UCT-7 |
Wake Islands |
UCT-12 |
Wallis & Futana Islands |
UCT-12 |
Western Samoa |
UCT11 |
Windward Islands |
UCT4 |
Yemen |
UCT-3 |
Zaire (Kasai) |
UCT-2 |
Zaire (Kinshasa) |
UCT-1 |
Zambia |
UCT-2 |
Zimbabwe |
UCT-2 |
Note: The feature described in this section was added to Oracle Collaboration Suite in the Oracle Calendar Cumulative Patch 10.1.2.1. If you are using a previous version of Oracle Calendar, the feature described is not available. |
Time zone adjustments were made to the $ORACLE_HOME/ocal/misc/timezone.ini
file to comply with US Energy Bill specifications. New time zone sections were added for regions maintaining existing time change dates. Moreover, existing time zone sections affected by the US Energy Bill were modified to reflect the new dates on which the time will change, beginning in 2007.
Table 7-2 lists new time zone sections have been added to the $ORACLE_HOME/ocal/misc/timezone.ini
file.
Note: To avoid the possibility of incorrect scheduling times, end users in geographic locations described in Table 7-2 should manually change their default time zone settings from an Oracle Calendar client after Oracle Calendar Cumulative Patch 10.1.2.1 or 10.1.2.2 is applied. |
Table 7-2 New Time Zone Sections in the timezone.ini File.
New Time Zone Notation Name | Oracle Time Zone List Description |
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PST8PDT_CA |
America/Vancouver, America/Dawson_Creek, America/Whitehorse, America/Dawson, Canada/Pacific |
MST7MDT_CA |
America/Edmonton, America/Yellowknife, America/Inuvik, Canada/Mountain |
CST6CDT_CA |
America/Rainy_River, America/Winnipeg, America/Rankin_Inlet, Canada/Central |
EST5EDT_CA |
America/Montreal, America/Toronto, America/Thunder_Bay, America/Nipigon, America/Iqaluit, Canada/Eastern |
AST4ADT_CA |
America/Goose_Bay, America/Halifax, America/Glace_Bay, Atlantic/Bermuda, Canada/Atlantic |
EST5EDT_CU |
America/Havana, Cuba |
EST5EDT_HT |
America/Nassau, America/Santo_Domingo, America/Port-au-Prince, America/Bogota |
PST8PDT_MX |
America/Tijuana, America/Ensenada, Mexico/BajaNorte |
MST7MDT_MX |
America/Chihuahua, America/Hermosillo, America/Mazatlan, Mexico/BajaSur |
CST6CDT_MX |
America/Guatemala- EST5EDT_TC: America/Grand_Turk |
EST5EDT_INDIANA |
America/Indiana/Indianapolis, America/Indiana/Marengo, America/Indiana/Vevay, America/Fort_Wayne, America/Indianapolis, America/Indiana/Knox, America/Knox_IN, US/Indiana-Starke, US/East-Indiana |