BST        -11:00   Bering Standard Time, Samoa, Midway
HST        -10:00   Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time, Aleutian, Hawaii
AKST        -9:00   Alaska Standard Time, Alaska
YST         -9:00   Yukon  Standard Time, Canada/Yukon

PST         -8:00   Pacific Standard Time, Vancouver
MST         -7:00   Mountain Standard Time, Calgary, Edmonton
CST         -6:00   Central Standard Time, Saint Loius, Cuba,
EST         -5:00   Eastern Standard Time, New York, Washington, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Jamaica

AST         -4:00   Atlantic Standard Time
NST         -3:30   Newfoundland Standard Time, Canada

GMT=UTC     +0:00   Great Britain, Ireland
WET         +0:00   Iceland, Portugal                    # West European Time ;Portugal switched in 1976 from MET (or CET) to WET with DST...
CET         +1:00   France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Poland, Czechoslovakia

EET         +2:00   Egypt, Libya

IST         +2:00   Israel
W-SU        +3:00   West Soviet Union
Turkey      +3:00   Turkey


HKT         +8:00   Hongkong Time
CHINA       +8:00   All of China, Taiwan
SST         +8:00   Singapore
JST         +9:00   Japan
KST         +9:00   Korea


AWST        +8:00   Australia/West
ACST        +9:30   Australia/North, Australia/South
AEST        +10:00  Australian Eastern Time, Australia/Tasmania, Queensland
ALHI        +10:30  Australia/LHI
NZST        +12:00  New Zealand
NZCS        +12:45  New Zealand Chatham Island  # not official


MET=CET