Template:Time zone/comments/doc

This template maps time zones to their comments from zone.tab of tz database. Present if countries have multiple timezones.

Usage

{{Time zone/comments}} has one required positional parameter for timezone name from tz database. For example:

• {{Time zone/comments|America/New_York}} → Eastern (most areas)
• {{Time zone/comments|Europe/Berlin}} → most of Germany
• {{Time zone/comments|Australia/Sydney}} → New South Wales (most areas)

Many timezone names have no comments, for example:

• {{Time zone/comments|Europe/London}} →
• {{Time zone/comments|Asia/Hong_Kong}} →

For invalid timezone names:

• {{Time zone/comments}} → Time zone (null) is not in {{Tz/comments}}.
• {{Time zone/comments|}} → Time zone is not in {{Tz/comments}}.
• {{Time zone/comments|No such TZ name}} → Time zone No such TZ name is not in {{Tz/comments}}.

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Maps time zones to their comments from zone.tab of tz database.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Timezone name	1	Time zone name as defined in the tz database Example Europe/London	String	required

See also

tz database

Sub templates store data from the tz database and some related information. These examples are accurate as of version 2026c of the database.

Code example	Produces	Description
{{Time zone/version|IncludeLink}}	[https://data.iana.org/time-zones/releases/tzdata2026c.tar.gz 2026c] → 2026c	Produces the version number of the tz database. Update this template when updating those below with data from a new release. Add a parameter (value doesn't matter) to include a link to the IANA FTP site.
{{Time zone/country code|Asia/Urumqi}}	CN	Maps TZ to country code from zone.tab
{{Time zone/iso 3166-1 link|Asia/Urumqi}}	[[ISO 3166-1:CN|CN]] → CN	Maps TZ to linked country code from zone.tab
{{Time zone/coordinates|Asia/Urumqi}}	+4348+08735	Maps TZ to coordinates in original format from zone.tab
{{Time zone/comments|Asia/Urumqi}}	Xinjiang Time	Maps TZ to comments from zone.tab
{{Time zone/rulefile|Asia/Urumqi}}	asia	Maps TZ to linked continent file that defines the zone (or link) and DST rules.
{{Time zone/utc offset|Europe/Amsterdam}}	+01:00	Maps TZ to normal (non-DST) UTC offset
{{Time zone/utc offset link|Europe/Amsterdam}}	[[UTC+01:00|+01:00]] → +01:00	Maps TZ to linked normal (non-DST) UTC offset
{{Time zone/utc zone|Europe/Amsterdam}}	UTC+01:00	Maps TZ to normal (non-DST) UTC offset with prefix
{{Time zone/utc dst offset|Europe/Amsterdam}}	+02:00	Maps TZ to DST UTC offset
{{Time zone/utc dst offset link|Europe/Amsterdam}}	[[UTC+02:00|+02:00]] → +02:00	Maps TZ to linked DST UTC offset
{{Time zone/zone.tab cols wikitable|Antarctica/South_Pole}}	| [[ISO 3166-1:AQ|AQ]] || || [[Antarctica/South_Pole]] ||	Maps TZ to 4 elements as a wikitable row – country code, coordinates, zone name, and comments
{{Time zone/database header|dst=no}}	! scope="col" | [[ISO 3166 2-character country code|<abbr title="Country code">c.c.</abbr>]] ! scope="col" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | [[List of tz database time zones|Timezone name]] ! scope="col" | Comments ! scope="col" colspan="2" | [[UTC offset]]	A 6-column table header for the templates below. Optionally, the two UTC offset columns can be merged by |dst=no, designed for {{Time zone/zone.tab cols wiki6}}.
{{Time zone/zone.tab cols linked|Antarctica/South_Pole}}	| [[ISO 3166-1:AQ|AQ]] | | Antarctica/South_Pole | | [[UTC+12:00|+12:00]] | [[UTC+13:00|+13:00]]	Similar to {{Time zone/zone.tab cols wikitable}}, but adds two more lines to the output, containing the linked normal (non-DST) and DST UTC offsets
{{Time zone/zone.tab cols unlinked|Antarctica/South_Pole}}	| AQ | | Antarctica/South_Pole | | +12:00 | +13:00	Same as {{Time zone/zone.tab cols unlinked}}, but with no links
{{Time zone/zone.tab cols wiki6|Antarctica/South_Pole}}	| [[ISO 3166-1:AQ|AQ]] | | <div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;">Antarctica<wbr />/South_Pole</div> | | data-sort-value="43200" | [[UTC+12:00|+12:00]] | data-sort-value="46800" | [[UTC+13:00|+13:00]]	A version of {{Time zone/zone.tab cols linked}} designed for: sortable tables, by including sort keys; and tables of TZs with and without DST, by allowing different display behaviours for the DST column. Note: neither {{Time zone/zone.tab cols wiki6}} nor {{Time zone/zone.tab cols linked}} can currently be used for the full table in List of tz database time zones because of performance limitations in processing such a long table. They can, however, be used for a small number of rows in individual area articles.