Time zone specification as an offset from UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) in terms of hours and minutes.
This is not an exhaustive list.
DDI 3.2
Coded values specifying time zones as offsets from Greenwich Meridian Time [or Coordinated Universal Time, UTC]. For example, United States Eastern Standard Time is -5.00.
Module Name
Element Name
reusable
TimeZone
DDI 2.5
DDI-Codebook (DDI 2.5 and all previous DDI versions) does not include an element that would support this controlled vocabulary.
Element Number in DDI 2.1
Element/Attribute Name
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TimeZone
Time Zone
1.0
urn:ddi-cv:TimeZone
urn:ddi-cv:TimeZone:1.0
http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-CV/TimeZone_1.0_Genericode1.0_DDI-CVProfile1.0.xml
http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-CV/TimeZone_1.0.html
http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-CV/TimeZone_1.0_InputSheet_Excel2003.xls
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Code
Value of the Code
Term
Descriptive Term of the Code
Definition
Definition of the Code
CodeKey
The unique identification of each item in a code list.
-12:00
UTC- 12:00
Baker Island, Howland Island (both uninhabited)
-11:00
UTC- 11:00
Samoa Standard Time (SST)
-10:00
UTC- 10:00
Hawaii Standard Time (HST)
-09:30
UTC- 09:30
Marquesas Time (MART)
-09:00
UTC- 09:00
Alaska Standard Time (AKST)
-08:00
UTC- 08:00
Pacific Standard Time (PST)
-07:00
UTC- 07:00
Mountain Standard Time (North America) (MST)
-06:00
UTC- 06:00
Central Standard Time (North and Central Americas) (CST)
-05:00
UTC- 05:00
Eastern Standard Time (North and Central Americas, Caribbean) (EST)
-04:30
UTC- 04:30
Venezuelan Standard Time (VET)
-04:00
UTC- 04:00
Atlantic Standard Time (North America, Caribbean) (AST)
-03:30
UTC- 03:30
Newfoundland Standard Time (NST)
-03:00
UTC- 03:00
West Greenland Time (WGT)
-02:00
UTC- 02:00
Fernando de Noronha Time (FNT)
-01:00
UTC- 01:00
Central African Time (CAT)
00:00
UTC
Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
+01:00
UTC + 01:00
European Central Time (ECT)
+02:00
UTC + 02:00
Eastern European Time (EET), (Arabic) Egypt Standard Time (ART)
+03:00
UTC + 03:00
Eastern African Time (EAT)
+03:30
UTC + 03:30
Middle East Time (MET)
+04:00
UTC + 04:00
Near East Time (NET)
+04:30
UTC + 04:30
Afganistan Time (AFT)
+05:00
UTC + 05:00
Pakistan Lahore Time (PLT)
+05:30
UTC + 05:30
India Standard Time (IST)
+05:45
UTC + 05:45
Nepal Time (NPT)
+06:00
UTC + 06:00
Bangladesh Standard Time (BST)
+06:30
UTC + 06:30
Cocos Islands Time (CCT)
+07:00
UTC + 07:00
Vietnam Standard Time (VST)
+08:00
UTC + 08:00
China Taiwan Time (CTT)
+09:00
UTC + 09:00
Japan Standard Time (JST)
+09:30
UTC + 09:30
Australia Central Time (ACT)
+10:00
UTC + 10:00
Australia Eastern Time (AET)
+10:30
UTC + 10:30
Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST)
+11:00
UTC + 11:00
Solomon Standard Time (SST)
+11:30
UTC + 11:30
Norfolk Time (Australia) (NFT)
+12:00
UTC + 12:00
New Zealand Standard Time (NZST)
+12:45
UTC + 12:45
Chatham Island Standard Time (CHAST)
+13:00
UTC + 13:00
West Samoa Time (WST)
+14:00
UTC + 14:00
Line Islands Time (LINT)
Other
Other
Use if Time Zone is known, but not found in the list; enter new code in the same format used in this list, i.e., ±xx:xx as an offset from UTC.