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Appendix C. Timezones

The API maps Windows Standard Format timezone names to tz database format when specifying a timezone for a virtual machine or VM template. This means the API only accepts certain tz database codes, which the following table lists:

Table C.1. Accepted tz database codes

tz database FormatWindows Standard Format

Africa/Cairo

Egypt Standard Time

Africa/Casablanca

Morocco Standard Time

Africa/Johannesburg

South Africa Standard Time

Africa/Lagos

W. Central Africa Standard Time

Africa/Nairobi

E. Africa Standard Time

Africa/Reykjavik

Greenwich Standard Time

Africa/Windhoek

Namibia Standard Time

America/Anchorage

Alaskan Standard Time

America/Bogota

SA Pacific Standard Time

America/Buenos_Aires

Argentina Standard Time

America/Caracas

Venezuela Standard Time

America/Chicago

Central Standard Time

America/Chihuahua

Mexico Standard Time

America/Chihuahua

Mountain Standard Time

America/Denver

Mountain Standard Time

America/Godthab

Greenland Standard Time

America/Guatemala

Central America Standard Time

America/Halifax

Atlantic Standard Time

America/La_Paz

SA Western Standard Time

America/Los_Angeles

Pacific Standard Time

America/Manaus

Central Brazilian Standard Time

America/Mexico_City

Central Standard Time

America/Mexico_City

Mexico Standard Time

America/Montevideo

Montevideo Standard Time

America/New_York

Eastern Standard Time

America/Phoenix

US Mountain Standard Time

America/Regina

Canada Central Standard Time

America/Santiago

Pacific SA Standard Time

America/Sao_Paulo

E. South America Standard Time

America/St_Johns

Newfoundland Standard Time

America/Tijuana

Pacific Standard Time

Asia/Amman

Jordan Standard Time

Asia/Baghdad

Arabic Standard Time

Asia/Baku

Azerbaijan Standard Time

Asia/Bangkok

SE Asia Standard Time

Asia/Beirut

Middle East Standard Time

Asia/Calcutta

India Standard Time

Asia/Colombo

Sri Lanka Standard Time

Asia/Dhaka

Central Asia Standard Time

Asia/Dubai

Arabian Standard Time

Asia/Irkutsk

North Asia East Standard Time

Asia/Jerusalem

Israel Standard Time

Asia/Kabul

Afghanistan Standard Time

Asia/Karachi

Pakistan Standard Time

Asia/Katmandu

Nepal Standard Time

Asia/Krasnoyarsk

North Asia Standard Time

Asia/Novosibirsk

N. Central Asia Standard Time

Asia/Rangoon

Myanmar Standard Time

Asia/Riyadh

Arab Standard Time

Asia/Seoul

Korea Standard Time

Asia/Shanghai

China Standard Time

Asia/Singapore

Singapore Standard Time

Asia/Taipei

Taipei Standard Time

Asia/Tashkent

West Asia Standard Time

Asia/Tehran

Iran Standard Time

Asia/Tokyo

Tokyo Standard Time

Asia/Vladivostok

Vladivostok Standard Time

Asia/Yakutsk

Yakutsk Standard Time

Asia/Yekaterinburg

Ekaterinburg Standard Time

Asia/Yerevan

Armenian Standard Time

Asia/Yerevan

Caucasus Standard Time

Atlantic/Azores

Azores Standard Time

Atlantic/Cape_Verde

Cape Verde Standard Time

Atlantic/South_Georgia

Mid-Atlantic Standard Time

Australia/Adelaide

Cen. Australia Standard Time

Australia/Brisbane

E. Australia Standard Time

Australia/Darwin

AUS Central Standard Time

Australia/Hobart

Tasmania Standard Time

Australia/Perth

W. Australia Standard Time

Australia/Sydney

AUS Eastern Standard Time

Etc/GMT-3

Georgian Standard Time

Etc/GMT+12

Dateline Standard Time

Etc/GMT+3

SA Eastern Standard Time

Etc/GMT+5

US Eastern Standard Time

Europe/Berlin

W. Europe Standard Time

Europe/Budapest

Central Europe Standard Time

Europe/Istanbul

GTB Standard Time

Europe/Kiev

FLE Standard Time

Europe/London

GMT Standard Time

Europe/Minsk

E. Europe Standard Time

Europe/Moscow

Russian Standard Time

Europe/Paris

Romance Standard Time

Europe/Warsaw

Central European Standard Time

Indian/Mauritius

Mauritius Standard Time

Pacific/Apia

Samoa Standard Time

Pacific/Auckland

New Zealand Standard Time

Pacific/Fiji

Fiji Standard Time

Pacific/Guadalcanal

Central Pacific Standard Time

Pacific/Honolulu

Hawaiian Standard Time

Pacific/Port_Moresby

West Pacific Standard Time

Pacific/Tongatapu

Tonga Standard Time