Variable: parse-time-zoneinfo

parse-time-zoneinfo is a variable defined in parse-time.el.gz.

Value

(("z" 0) ("ut" 0) ("gmt" 0) ("pst" -28800) ("pdt" -25200 t)
 ("mst" -25200) ("mdt" -21600 t) ("cst" -21600) ("cdt" -18000 t)
 ("est" -18000) ("edt" -14400 t))

Documentation

List of some RFC 822 (or later) alphabetic time zones.

Each entry is in the form (ABBR UTC-OFFSET DAYLIGHT-SAVING-TIME-P). As specified in the RFCs, a time zone abbreviation like "PST" retains its circa 1970 meaning even if legislation changes Pacific time.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/calendar/parse-time.el.gz
(defvar parse-time-zoneinfo `(("z" 0) ("ut" 0) ("gmt" 0)
			      ("pst" ,(* -8 3600)) ("pdt" ,(* -7 3600) t)
			      ("mst" ,(* -7 3600)) ("mdt" ,(* -6 3600) t)
			      ("cst" ,(* -6 3600)) ("cdt" ,(* -5 3600) t)
			      ("est" ,(* -5 3600)) ("edt" ,(* -4 3600) t))
  "List of some RFC 822 (or later) alphabetic time zones.

Each entry is in the form (ABBR UTC-OFFSET DAYLIGHT-SAVING-TIME-P).
As specified in the RFCs, a time zone abbreviation like \"PST\" retains
its circa 1970 meaning even if legislation changes Pacific time.")