Time Shift Constants

The following time shift constants are defined:

 

Identifier Meaning
StdTimeZone standard time zone (from current observer settings)
MeanLocalTime mean local time (calculated from observer's geographic longitude)
ACTD Australian Central Daylight Time (+10:30)
ACST Australian Central Standard Time (+9:30)
ADT Atlantic Daylight Time (North America) (-3:00)
AEDT Australian Eastern Daylight Time (+11:00)
AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time (+10:00)
AKDT Alaska Daylight Time (-8:00)
AKST Alaska Standard Time (-9:00)
AST Atlantic Standard Time (North America) (-4:00)
AWDT Australian Western Daylight Time (+9:00)
AWST Australian Western Standard Time (+8:00)
BST British Summer Time (+1:00)
CDT Central Daylight Time (North America) (-5:00)
CEST Central European Summer Time (+2:00)
CET Central European Time (+1:00)
CST Central Standard Time (North America) (-6:00)
CSTA Central Standard Time (Australia) (+9:30)
CXT Christmas Island Time (Australia) (+7:00)
EDT Eastern Daylight Time (North America) (-4:00)
EEDT Eastern European Daylight Time (+3:00)
ESTA Eastern Standard Time (Australia) (+10:00)
EST Eastern Standard Time (North America) (-5:00)
GMT Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
HADT Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time (-9:00)
HAST Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (-10:00)
IST Irish Summer Time (+1:00)
MEZ Mitteleuropäische Zeit (+1:00)
MESZ Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (+2:00)
MDT Mountain Daylight Time (North America) (-6:00)
MST Mountain Standard Time (North America) (-7:00)
NDT Newfoundland Daylight Time (North America) (-2:30)
NST Newfoundland Standard Time (North America) (-3:30)
NFT Norfolk (Island) Time (Australia) (+11:30)
PDT Pacific Daylight Time (North America) (-7:00)
PST Pacific Standard Time (North America) (-8:00)
WEDT Western European Daylight Time (+1:00)
WEST Western European Summer Time (+1:00)
WET Western European Time (0:00)
WST Western Standard Time (Australia) (+8:00)
UTC Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) 


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