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1# $OpenBSD: backward,v 1.46 2024/10/02 17:08:47 millert Exp $
2# Links and zones for backward compatibility
3
4# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
5# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
6
7# This file provides links from old or merged timezone names to current ones.
8# It also provides a few zone entries for old naming conventions.
9# Many names changed in 1993 and in 1995, and many merged names moved here
10# in the period from 2013 through 2022.  Several of these names are
11# also present in the file 'backzone', which has data important only
12# for pre-1970 timestamps and so is out of scope for tzdb proper.
13
14# Although this file is optional and tzdb will work if you omit it by
15# building with 'make BACKWARD=', in practice downstream users
16# typically use this file for backward compatibility.
17
18# This file is divided into sections, one for each major reason for a
19# backward compatibility link.  Each section is sorted by link name.
20
21# A "#= TARGET1" comment labels each link inserted only because some
22# .zi parsers (including tzcode through 2022e) mishandle links to links.
23# The comment says what the target would be if these parsers were fixed
24# so that data could contain links to links.  For example, the line
25# "Link Australia/Sydney Australia/ACT #= Australia/Canberra" would be
26# "Link Australia/Canberra Australia/ACT" were it not that data lines
27# refrain from linking to links like Australia/Canberra, which means
28# the Australia/ACT line links instead to Australia/Sydney,
29# Australia/Canberra's target.
30
31
32# Pre-1993 naming conventions
33
34# Link	TARGET			LINK-NAME	#= TARGET1
35Link	Australia/Sydney	Australia/ACT	#= Australia/Canberra
36Link	Australia/Lord_Howe	Australia/LHI
37Link	Australia/Sydney	Australia/NSW
38Link	Australia/Darwin	Australia/North
39Link	Australia/Brisbane	Australia/Queensland
40Link	Australia/Adelaide	Australia/South
41Link	Australia/Hobart	Australia/Tasmania
42Link	Australia/Melbourne	Australia/Victoria
43Link	Australia/Perth		Australia/West
44Link	Australia/Broken_Hill	Australia/Yancowinna
45Link	America/Rio_Branco	Brazil/Acre	#= America/Porto_Acre
46Link	America/Noronha		Brazil/DeNoronha
47Link	America/Sao_Paulo	Brazil/East
48Link	America/Manaus		Brazil/West
49Link	Europe/Brussels		CET
50Link	America/Chicago		CST6CDT
51Link	America/Halifax		Canada/Atlantic
52Link	America/Winnipeg	Canada/Central
53# This line is commented out, as the name exceeded the 14-character limit
54# and was an unused misnomer.
55#Link	America/Regina		Canada/East-Saskatchewan
56Link	America/Toronto		Canada/Eastern
57Link	America/Edmonton	Canada/Mountain
58Link	America/St_Johns	Canada/Newfoundland
59Link	America/Vancouver	Canada/Pacific
60Link	America/Regina		Canada/Saskatchewan
61Link	America/Whitehorse	Canada/Yukon
62Link	America/Santiago	Chile/Continental
63Link	Pacific/Easter		Chile/EasterIsland
64Link	America/Havana		Cuba
65Link	Europe/Athens		EET
66Link	America/Panama		EST
67Link	America/New_York	EST5EDT
68Link	Africa/Cairo		Egypt
69Link	Europe/Dublin		Eire
70# Vanguard section, for most .zi parsers.
71#Link	GMT			Etc/GMT
72#Link	GMT			Etc/GMT+0
73#Link	GMT			Etc/GMT-0
74#Link	GMT			Etc/GMT0
75#Link	GMT			Etc/Greenwich
76# Rearguard section, for TZUpdater 2.3.2 and earlier.
77Link	Etc/GMT			Etc/GMT+0
78Link	Etc/GMT			Etc/GMT-0
79Link	Etc/GMT			Etc/GMT0
80Link	Etc/GMT			Etc/Greenwich
81# End of rearguard section.
82Link	Etc/UTC			Etc/UCT
83Link	Etc/UTC			Etc/Universal
84Link	Etc/UTC			Etc/Zulu
85Link	Europe/London		GB
86Link	Europe/London		GB-Eire
87# Vanguard section, for most .zi parsers.
88#Link	GMT			GMT+0
89#Link	GMT			GMT-0
90#Link	GMT			GMT0
91#Link	GMT			Greenwich
92# Rearguard section, for TZUpdater 2.3.2 and earlier.
93Link	Etc/GMT			GMT+0
94Link	Etc/GMT			GMT-0
95Link	Etc/GMT			GMT0
96Link	Etc/GMT			Greenwich
97# End of rearguard section.
98Link	Asia/Hong_Kong		Hongkong
99Link	Atlantic/Reykjavik	Iceland
100Link	Asia/Tehran		Iran
101Link	Asia/Jerusalem		Israel
102Link	America/Jamaica		Jamaica
103Link	Asia/Tokyo		Japan
104Link	Pacific/Kwajalein	Kwajalein
105Link	Africa/Tripoli		Libya
106Link	Europe/Brussels		MET
107Link	America/Phoenix		MST
108Link	America/Denver		MST7MDT
109Link	America/Tijuana		Mexico/BajaNorte
110Link	America/Mazatlan	Mexico/BajaSur
111Link	America/Mexico_City	Mexico/General
112Link	Pacific/Auckland	NZ
113Link	Pacific/Chatham		NZ-CHAT
114Link	America/Denver		Navajo	#= America/Shiprock
115Link	Asia/Shanghai		PRC
116Link	Europe/Warsaw		Poland
117Link	Europe/Lisbon		Portugal
118Link	Asia/Taipei		ROC
119Link	Asia/Seoul		ROK
120Link	Asia/Singapore		Singapore
121Link	Europe/Istanbul		Turkey
122Link	Etc/UTC			UCT
123Link	America/Anchorage	US/Alaska
124Link	America/Adak		US/Aleutian
125Link	America/Phoenix		US/Arizona
126Link	America/Chicago		US/Central
127Link	America/Indiana/Indianapolis	US/East-Indiana
128Link	America/New_York	US/Eastern
129Link	Pacific/Honolulu	US/Hawaii
130Link	America/Indiana/Knox	US/Indiana-Starke
131Link	America/Detroit		US/Michigan
132Link	America/Denver		US/Mountain
133Link	America/Los_Angeles	US/Pacific
134Link	Pacific/Pago_Pago	US/Samoa
135Link	Etc/UTC			UTC
136Link	Etc/UTC			Universal
137Link	Europe/Moscow		W-SU
138Link	Etc/UTC			Zulu
139
140
141# Two-part names that were renamed mostly to three-part names in 1995
142
143# Link	TARGET				LINK-NAME	#= TARGET1
144Link	America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires	America/Buenos_Aires
145Link	America/Argentina/Catamarca	America/Catamarca
146Link	America/Argentina/Cordoba	America/Cordoba
147Link	America/Indiana/Indianapolis	America/Indianapolis
148Link	America/Argentina/Jujuy		America/Jujuy
149Link	America/Indiana/Knox		America/Knox_IN
150Link	America/Kentucky/Louisville	America/Louisville
151Link	America/Argentina/Mendoza	America/Mendoza
152Link	America/St_Thomas	America/Virgin
153Link	Pacific/Pago_Pago		Pacific/Samoa
154
155
156# Pre-2013 practice, which typically had a Zone per zone.tab line
157
158# Link	TARGET			LINK-NAME
159
160
161# Non-zone.tab locations with timestamps since 1970 that duplicate
162# those of an existing location
163
164# Link	TARGET			LINK-NAME
165Link	Africa/Bamako	Africa/Timbuktu
166Link	America/Argentina/Catamarca	America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia
167Link	America/Adak		America/Atka
168Link	America/Atikokan	America/Coral_Harbour
169Link	America/Tijuana		America/Ensenada
170Link	America/Indiana/Indianapolis	America/Fort_Wayne
171Link	America/Toronto		America/Montreal
172Link	America/Toronto		America/Nipigon
173Link	America/Iqaluit		America/Pangnirtung
174Link	America/Rio_Branco	America/Porto_Acre
175Link	America/Winnipeg	America/Rainy_River
176Link	America/Argentina/Cordoba	America/Rosario
177Link	America/Tijuana		America/Santa_Isabel
178Link	America/Denver		America/Shiprock
179Link	America/Toronto		America/Thunder_Bay
180Link	America/Edmonton	America/Yellowknife
181Link	Antarctica/McMurdo	Antarctica/South_Pole
182Link	Asia/Ulaanbaatar	Asia/Choibalsan
183Link	Asia/Shanghai		Asia/Chongqing
184Link	Asia/Shanghai		Asia/Harbin
185Link	Asia/Urumqi		Asia/Kashgar
186Link	Asia/Jerusalem		Asia/Tel_Aviv
187Link	Europe/Oslo		Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
188Link	Australia/Sydney	Australia/Canberra
189Link	Australia/Hobart	Australia/Currie
190Link	Europe/London		Europe/Belfast
191Link	Europe/Chisinau		Europe/Tiraspol
192Link	Europe/Kyiv		Europe/Uzhgorod
193Link	Europe/Kyiv		Europe/Zaporozhye
194Link	Pacific/Kanton		Pacific/Enderbury
195Link	Pacific/Honolulu	Pacific/Johnston
196Link	Pacific/Chuuk		Pacific/Yap
197Link	Europe/Lisbon		WET
198
199
200# Alternate names for the same location
201
202# Link	TARGET			LINK-NAME	#= TARGET1
203Link	Africa/Asmara	Africa/Asmera
204Link	America/Nuuk		America/Godthab
205Link	Asia/Ashgabat		Asia/Ashkhabad
206Link	Asia/Kolkata		Asia/Calcutta
207Link	Asia/Shanghai		Asia/Chungking	#= Asia/Chongqing
208Link	Asia/Dhaka		Asia/Dacca
209# Istanbul is in both continents.
210Link	Europe/Istanbul		Asia/Istanbul
211Link	Asia/Kathmandu		Asia/Katmandu
212Link	Asia/Macau		Asia/Macao
213Link	Asia/Yangon		Asia/Rangoon
214Link	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh	Asia/Saigon
215Link	Asia/Thimphu		Asia/Thimbu
216Link	Asia/Makassar		Asia/Ujung_Pandang
217Link	Asia/Ulaanbaatar	Asia/Ulan_Bator
218Link	Atlantic/Faroe		Atlantic/Faeroe
219Link	Europe/Kyiv		Europe/Kiev
220# Classically, Cyprus is in Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72.
221# However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe.
222Link	Asia/Nicosia		Europe/Nicosia
223Link	Pacific/Honolulu	HST
224Link	America/Los_Angeles	PST8PDT
225Link	Pacific/Pohnpei		Pacific/Ponape
226Link	Pacific/Chuuk		Pacific/Truk
227