compile list of time zones

[ThomasCarney315]

compile a simple list of time zones to be used for database/dropdown selection population

[ThomasCarney315]

I started researching time zones. There are a lot of options! I will make a simple list of 24 time zones UTC coordinated. I realized while thinking about it that keeping the options minimal will help a lot with matching / querying / etc.

[ThomasCarney315]

@andrewquach-dev Im going to throw the list on the side of your ERD

[ThomasCarney315]

also here, why not

(UTC -12) -12 GMT+12
(UTC -11) SST Samoa Standard Time
(UTC -10) HST Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
(UTC -9) AKST Alaska Standard Time
(UTC -8) PST Pacific Standard Time
(UTC -7) MST Mountain Standard Time
(UTC -6) CST Central Standard Time
(UTC -5) EST Eastern Standard Time
(UTC -4) AST Atlantic Standard Time
(UTC -3) -03 GMT+3
(UTC -2) -02 GMT+2
(UTC -1) -01 GMT+1
(UTC +0) GMT Greenwich Mean Time
(UTC +1) CET Central European Time
(UTC +2) CAT Central Africa Time
(UTC +3) EAT East Africa Time
(UTC +4) +04 GMT-4
(UTC +5) PKT Pakistan Standard Time
(UTC +6) +06 GMT-6
(UTC +7) WIB Western Indonesia Time
(UTC +8) HKT Hong Kong Time
(UTC +9) JST Japan Standard Time
(UTC +10) AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time
(UTC +11) +11 GMT-11
(UTC +12) NZST New Zealand Standard Time 
(UTC +13) +13 GMT-13
(UTC +14) +14 GMT-14

[ImanKahlila]

Looks good!

[andrewquach-dev]

also here, why not

(UTC -12) -12 GMT+12
(UTC -11) SST Samoa Standard Time
(UTC -10) HST Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
(UTC -9) AKST Alaska Standard Time
(UTC -8) PST Pacific Standard Time
(UTC -7) MST Mountain Standard Time
(UTC -6) CST Central Standard Time
(UTC -5) EST Eastern Standard Time
(UTC -4) AST Atlantic Standard Time
(UTC -3) -03 GMT+3
(UTC -2) -02 GMT+2
(UTC -1) -01 GMT+1
(UTC +0) GMT Greenwich Mean Time
(UTC +1) CET Central European Time
(UTC +2) CAT Central Africa Time
(UTC +3) EAT East Africa Time
(UTC +4) +04 GMT-4
(UTC +5) PKT Pakistan Standard Time
(UTC +6) +06 GMT-6
(UTC +7) WIB Western Indonesia Time
(UTC +8) HKT Hong Kong Time
(UTC +9) JST Japan Standard Time
(UTC +10) AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time
(UTC +11) +11 GMT-11
(UTC +12) NZST New Zealand Standard Time 
(UTC +13) +13 GMT-13
(UTC +14) +14 GMT-14

Hey Thomas I was thinking of having a library handle all of this work. There's a library called moment-timezone that can make pre-defined list of time zones and utilities to work with them

[ThomasCarney315]

Sure. Whatever you think is going to work better. I think the priority for the timezone list is to be minimal to eliminate the excessive variability in timezones resulting in more matches..(it would be a shame for people to miss opportunities by simply choosing a different option for the same time)

If it can meet that requirement and has tools, I say perfect!

I was thinking how it would be ideal to be able to match timezones within say {3} hours in either direction of your current tz... how to do this.. idk. It would be awesome if it has tools for that

[andrewquach-dev]

I've never used it before but from a quick glance at the doc, it seems that it can manipulate, compare and format all things dates, times, and timezones.