44# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
55
66# This file provides links from old or merged timezone names to current ones.
7- # Many names changed in late 1993. Several of these names are
7+ # Many names changed in 1993 and in 1995, and many merged names moved here
8+ # in the period from 2013 through 2022. Several of these names are
89# also present in the file 'backzone', which has data important only
910# for pre-1970 timestamps and so is out of scope for tzdb proper.
1011
11- # Link TARGET LINK-NAME
12- Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmera
13- Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Timbuktu
14- Link America/Argentina/Catamarca America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia
15- Link America/Adak America/Atka
16- Link America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires America/Buenos_Aires
17- Link America/Argentina/Catamarca America/Catamarca
18- Link America/Panama America/Coral_Harbour
19- Link America/Argentina/Cordoba America/Cordoba
20- Link America/Tijuana America/Ensenada
21- Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis America/Fort_Wayne
22- Link America/Nuuk America/Godthab
23- Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis America/Indianapolis
24- Link America/Argentina/Jujuy America/Jujuy
25- Link America/Indiana/Knox America/Knox_IN
26- Link America/Kentucky/Louisville America/Louisville
27- Link America/Argentina/Mendoza America/Mendoza
28- Link America/Toronto America/Montreal
29- Link America/Rio_Branco America/Porto_Acre
30- Link America/Argentina/Cordoba America/Rosario
31- Link America/Tijuana America/Santa_Isabel
32- Link America/Denver America/Shiprock
33- Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Virgin
34- Link Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/South_Pole
35- Link Asia/Ashgabat Asia/Ashkhabad
36- Link Asia/Kolkata Asia/Calcutta
37- Link Asia/Shanghai Asia/Chongqing
38- Link Asia/Shanghai Asia/Chungking
39- Link Asia/Dhaka Asia/Dacca
40- Link Asia/Shanghai Asia/Harbin
41- Link Asia/Urumqi Asia/Kashgar
42- Link Asia/Kathmandu Asia/Katmandu
43- Link Asia/Macau Asia/Macao
44- Link Asia/Yangon Asia/Rangoon
45- Link Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh Asia/Saigon
46- Link Asia/Jerusalem Asia/Tel_Aviv
47- Link Asia/Thimphu Asia/Thimbu
48- Link Asia/Makassar Asia/Ujung_Pandang
49- Link Asia/Ulaanbaatar Asia/Ulan_Bator
50- Link Atlantic/Faroe Atlantic/Faeroe
51- Link Europe/Oslo Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
52- Link Australia/Sydney Australia/ACT
53- Link Australia/Sydney Australia/Canberra
54- Link Australia/Hobart Australia/Currie
12+ # Although this file is optional and tzdb will work if you omit it by
13+ # building with 'make BACKWARD=', in practice downstream users
14+ # typically use this file for backward compatibility.
15+
16+ # This file is divided into sections, one for each major reason for a
17+ # backward compatibility link. Each section is sorted by link name.
18+
19+ # A "#= TARGET1" comment labels each link inserted only because some
20+ # .zi parsers (including tzcode through 2022e) mishandle links to links.
21+ # The comment says what the target would be if these parsers were fixed
22+ # so that data could contain links to links. For example, the line
23+ # "Link Australia/Sydney Australia/ACT #= Australia/Canberra" would be
24+ # "Link Australia/Canberra Australia/ACT" were it not that data lines
25+ # refrain from linking to links like Australia/Canberra, which means
26+ # the Australia/ACT line links instead to Australia/Sydney,
27+ # Australia/Canberra's target.
28+
29+
30+ # Pre-1993 naming conventions
31+
32+ # Link TARGET LINK-NAME #= TARGET1
33+ Link Australia/Sydney Australia/ACT #= Australia/Canberra
5534Link Australia/Lord_Howe Australia/LHI
5635Link Australia/Sydney Australia/NSW
5736Link Australia/Darwin Australia/North
@@ -61,7 +40,7 @@ Link Australia/Hobart Australia/Tasmania
6140Link Australia/Melbourne Australia/Victoria
6241Link Australia/Perth Australia/West
6342Link Australia/Broken_Hill Australia/Yancowinna
64- Link America/Rio_Branco Brazil/Acre
43+ Link America/Rio_Branco Brazil/Acre #= America/Porto_Acre
6544Link America/Noronha Brazil/DeNoronha
6645Link America/Sao_Paulo Brazil/East
6746Link America/Manaus Brazil/West
@@ -81,17 +60,36 @@ Link Pacific/Easter Chile/EasterIsland
8160Link America/Havana Cuba
8261Link Africa/Cairo Egypt
8362Link Europe/Dublin Eire
63+ # Vanguard section, for most .zi parsers.
64+ #Link GMT Etc/GMT
65+ #Link GMT Etc/GMT+0
66+ #Link GMT Etc/GMT-0
67+ #Link GMT Etc/GMT0
68+ #Link GMT Etc/Greenwich
69+ # Rearguard section, for TZUpdater 2.3.2 and earlier.
70+ Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT+0
71+ Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT-0
72+ Link Etc/GMT Etc/GMT0
73+ Link Etc/GMT Etc/Greenwich
74+ # End of rearguard section.
8475Link Etc/UTC Etc/UCT
85- Link Europe/London Europe/Belfast
86- Link Europe/Chisinau Europe/Tiraspol
76+ Link Etc/UTC Etc/Universal
77+ Link Etc/UTC Etc/Zulu
8778Link Europe/London GB
8879Link Europe/London GB-Eire
80+ # Vanguard section, for most .zi parsers.
81+ #Link GMT GMT+0
82+ #Link GMT GMT-0
83+ #Link GMT GMT0
84+ #Link GMT Greenwich
85+ # Rearguard section, for TZUpdater 2.3.2 and earlier.
8986Link Etc/GMT GMT+0
9087Link Etc/GMT GMT-0
9188Link Etc/GMT GMT0
9289Link Etc/GMT Greenwich
90+ # End of rearguard section.
9391Link Asia/Hong_Kong Hongkong
94- Link Atlantic/Reykjavik Iceland
92+ Link Africa/Abidjan Iceland #= Atlantic/Reykjavik
9593Link Asia/Tehran Iran
9694Link Asia/Jerusalem Israel
9795Link America/Jamaica Jamaica
@@ -103,14 +101,8 @@ Link America/Mazatlan Mexico/BajaSur
103101Link America/Mexico_City Mexico/General
104102Link Pacific/Auckland NZ
105103Link Pacific/Chatham NZ-CHAT
106- Link America/Denver Navajo
104+ Link America/Denver Navajo #= America/Shiprock
107105Link Asia/Shanghai PRC
108- Link Pacific/Kanton Pacific/Enderbury
109- Link Pacific/Honolulu Pacific/Johnston
110- Link Pacific/Pohnpei Pacific/Ponape
111- Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Samoa
112- Link Pacific/Chuuk Pacific/Truk
113- Link Pacific/Chuuk Pacific/Yap
114106Link Europe/Warsaw Poland
115107Link Europe/Lisbon Portugal
116108Link Asia/Taipei ROC
@@ -134,3 +126,194 @@ Link Etc/UTC UTC
134126Link Etc/UTC Universal
135127Link Europe/Moscow W-SU
136128Link Etc/UTC Zulu
129+
130+
131+ # Two-part names that were renamed mostly to three-part names in 1995
132+
133+ # Link TARGET LINK-NAME #= TARGET1
134+ Link America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires America/Buenos_Aires
135+ Link America/Argentina/Catamarca America/Catamarca
136+ Link America/Argentina/Cordoba America/Cordoba
137+ Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis America/Indianapolis
138+ Link America/Argentina/Jujuy America/Jujuy
139+ Link America/Indiana/Knox America/Knox_IN
140+ Link America/Kentucky/Louisville America/Louisville
141+ Link America/Argentina/Mendoza America/Mendoza
142+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Virgin #= America/St_Thomas
143+ Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Samoa
144+
145+
146+ # Pre-2013 practice, which typically had a Zone per zone.tab line
147+
148+ # Link TARGET LINK-NAME
149+ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Accra
150+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Addis_Ababa
151+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmara
152+ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Bamako
153+ Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Bangui
154+ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Banjul
155+ Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre
156+ Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Brazzaville
157+ Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura
158+ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Conakry
159+ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Dakar
160+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
161+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Djibouti
162+ Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Douala
163+ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Freetown
164+ Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone
165+ Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Harare
166+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Kampala
167+ Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Kigali
168+ Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Kinshasa
169+ Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Libreville
170+ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Lome
171+ Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Luanda
172+ Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lubumbashi
173+ Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka
174+ Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Malabo
175+ Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maseru
176+ Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane
177+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Mogadishu
178+ Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Niamey
179+ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Nouakchott
180+ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Ouagadougou
181+ Link Africa/Lagos Africa/Porto-Novo
182+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Anguilla
183+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Antigua
184+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Aruba
185+ Link America/Panama America/Atikokan
186+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Blanc-Sablon
187+ Link America/Panama America/Cayman
188+ Link America/Phoenix America/Creston
189+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Curacao
190+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Dominica
191+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Grenada
192+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Guadeloupe
193+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Kralendijk
194+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Lower_Princes
195+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Marigot
196+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Montserrat
197+ Link America/Toronto America/Nassau
198+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Port_of_Spain
199+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/St_Barthelemy
200+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/St_Kitts
201+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/St_Lucia
202+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/St_Thomas
203+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/St_Vincent
204+ Link America/Puerto_Rico America/Tortola
205+ Link Pacific/Port_Moresby Antarctica/DumontDUrville
206+ Link Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/McMurdo
207+ Link Asia/Riyadh Antarctica/Syowa
208+ Link Asia/Urumqi Antarctica/Vostok
209+ Link Europe/Berlin Arctic/Longyearbyen
210+ Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Aden
211+ Link Asia/Qatar Asia/Bahrain
212+ Link Asia/Kuching Asia/Brunei
213+ Link Asia/Singapore Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
214+ Link Asia/Riyadh Asia/Kuwait
215+ Link Asia/Dubai Asia/Muscat
216+ Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Phnom_Penh
217+ Link Asia/Bangkok Asia/Vientiane
218+ Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/Reykjavik
219+ Link Africa/Abidjan Atlantic/St_Helena
220+ Link Europe/Brussels Europe/Amsterdam
221+ Link Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
222+ Link Europe/Zurich Europe/Busingen
223+ Link Europe/Berlin Europe/Copenhagen
224+ Link Europe/London Europe/Guernsey
225+ Link Europe/London Europe/Isle_of_Man
226+ Link Europe/London Europe/Jersey
227+ Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Ljubljana
228+ Link Europe/Brussels Europe/Luxembourg
229+ Link Europe/Helsinki Europe/Mariehamn
230+ Link Europe/Paris Europe/Monaco
231+ Link Europe/Berlin Europe/Oslo
232+ Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Podgorica
233+ Link Europe/Rome Europe/San_Marino
234+ Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Sarajevo
235+ Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Skopje
236+ Link Europe/Berlin Europe/Stockholm
237+ Link Europe/Zurich Europe/Vaduz
238+ Link Europe/Rome Europe/Vatican
239+ Link Europe/Belgrade Europe/Zagreb
240+ Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Antananarivo
241+ Link Asia/Bangkok Indian/Christmas
242+ Link Asia/Yangon Indian/Cocos
243+ Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Comoro
244+ Link Indian/Maldives Indian/Kerguelen
245+ Link Asia/Dubai Indian/Mahe
246+ Link Africa/Nairobi Indian/Mayotte
247+ Link Asia/Dubai Indian/Reunion
248+ Link Pacific/Port_Moresby Pacific/Chuuk
249+ Link Pacific/Tarawa Pacific/Funafuti
250+ Link Pacific/Tarawa Pacific/Majuro
251+ Link Pacific/Pago_Pago Pacific/Midway
252+ Link Pacific/Guadalcanal Pacific/Pohnpei
253+ Link Pacific/Guam Pacific/Saipan
254+ Link Pacific/Tarawa Pacific/Wake
255+ Link Pacific/Tarawa Pacific/Wallis
256+
257+
258+ # Non-zone.tab locations with timestamps since 1970 that duplicate
259+ # those of an existing location
260+
261+ # Link TARGET LINK-NAME
262+ Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Timbuktu
263+ Link America/Argentina/Catamarca America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia
264+ Link America/Adak America/Atka
265+ Link America/Panama America/Coral_Harbour
266+ Link America/Tijuana America/Ensenada
267+ Link America/Indiana/Indianapolis America/Fort_Wayne
268+ Link America/Toronto America/Montreal
269+ Link America/Toronto America/Nipigon
270+ Link America/Iqaluit America/Pangnirtung
271+ Link America/Rio_Branco America/Porto_Acre
272+ Link America/Winnipeg America/Rainy_River
273+ Link America/Argentina/Cordoba America/Rosario
274+ Link America/Tijuana America/Santa_Isabel
275+ Link America/Denver America/Shiprock
276+ Link America/Toronto America/Thunder_Bay
277+ Link America/Edmonton America/Yellowknife
278+ Link Pacific/Auckland Antarctica/South_Pole
279+ Link Asia/Shanghai Asia/Chongqing
280+ Link Asia/Shanghai Asia/Harbin
281+ Link Asia/Urumqi Asia/Kashgar
282+ Link Asia/Jerusalem Asia/Tel_Aviv
283+ Link Europe/Berlin Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
284+ Link Australia/Sydney Australia/Canberra
285+ Link Australia/Hobart Australia/Currie
286+ Link Europe/London Europe/Belfast
287+ Link Europe/Chisinau Europe/Tiraspol
288+ Link Europe/Kyiv Europe/Uzhgorod
289+ Link Europe/Kyiv Europe/Zaporozhye
290+ Link Pacific/Kanton Pacific/Enderbury
291+ Link Pacific/Honolulu Pacific/Johnston
292+ Link Pacific/Port_Moresby Pacific/Yap
293+
294+
295+ # Alternate names for the same location
296+
297+ # Link TARGET LINK-NAME #= TARGET1
298+ Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmera #= Africa/Asmara
299+ Link America/Nuuk America/Godthab
300+ Link Asia/Ashgabat Asia/Ashkhabad
301+ Link Asia/Kolkata Asia/Calcutta
302+ Link Asia/Shanghai Asia/Chungking #= Asia/Chongqing
303+ Link Asia/Dhaka Asia/Dacca
304+ # Istanbul is in both continents.
305+ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul
306+ Link Asia/Kathmandu Asia/Katmandu
307+ Link Asia/Macau Asia/Macao
308+ Link Asia/Yangon Asia/Rangoon
309+ Link Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh Asia/Saigon
310+ Link Asia/Thimphu Asia/Thimbu
311+ Link Asia/Makassar Asia/Ujung_Pandang
312+ Link Asia/Ulaanbaatar Asia/Ulan_Bator
313+ Link Atlantic/Faroe Atlantic/Faeroe
314+ Link Europe/Kyiv Europe/Kiev
315+ # Classically, Cyprus is in Asia; e.g. see Herodotus, Histories, I.72.
316+ # However, for various reasons many users expect to find it under Europe.
317+ Link Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia
318+ Link Pacific/Guadalcanal Pacific/Ponape #= Pacific/Pohnpei
319+ Link Pacific/Port_Moresby Pacific/Truk #= Pacific/Chuuk
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