Time zone names for setting TIME ZONE

The time zone names listed below are recognized by Vertica as valid settings for the SQL time zone (the TIME ZONE run-time parameter).

The time zone names listed below are valid settings for the SQL time zone (the TIME ZONE run-time parameter).

Note

Time zone and daylight-saving rules are controlled by individual governments and are subject to change. For the latest information, see Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data.

These names are not the same as the names shown in /opt/vertica/share/timezonesets, which are recognized by Vertica in date/time input values. The TIME ZONE names listed below imply a local Daylight Saving Time rule, where date/time input names represent a fixed offset from UTC.

In many cases, the same zone has several names. These are grouped together. The list is sorted primarily by commonly used zone names.

In addition to the names in the list, Vertica accepts time zone names as one of the following:

STDoffset
STDoffsetDST

where STD is a zone abbreviation, offset is a numeric offset in hours west from UTC, and DST is an optional Daylight Saving Time zone abbreviation, assumed to stand for one hour ahead of the given offset.

For example, if EST5EDT were not already a recognized zone name, Vertica accepts it as functionally equivalent to USA East Coast time. When a Daylight Saving Time zone name is present, Vertica assumes it uses USA time zone rules, so this feature is of limited use outside North America.

Caution

Be aware that this provision can lead to silently accepting invalid input, as there is no check on the reasonableness of the zone abbreviations. For example, SET TIME ZONE TO FOOBANKO works, leaving the system effectively using a rather peculiar abbreviation for GMT.

Time zones

Africa:
- Africa/Abidjan
- Africa/Accra
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Africa/Algiers
- Africa/Asmera
- Africa/Bamako
- Africa/Bangui
- Africa/Banjul
- Africa/Bissau
- Africa/Blantyre
- Africa/Brazzaville
- Africa/Bujumbura
- Africa/Cairo Egypt
- Africa/Casablanca
- Africa/Ceuta
- Africa/Conakry
- Africa/Dakar
- Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Africa/Djibouti
- Africa/Douala
- Africa/El_Aaiun
- Africa/Freetown
- Africa/Gaborone
- Africa/Harare
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Africa/Kampala
- Africa/Khartoum
- Africa/Kigali
- Africa/Kinshasa
- Africa/Lagos
- Africa/Libreville
- Africa/Lome
- Africa/Luanda
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Africa/Lusaka
- Africa/Malabo
- Africa/Maputo
- Africa/Maseru
- Africa/Mbabane
- Africa/Mogadishu
- Africa/Monrovia
- Africa/Nairobi
- Africa/Ndjamena
- Africa/Niamey
- Africa/Nouakchott
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Africa/Porto-Novo
- Africa/Sao_Tome
- Africa/Timbuktu
- Africa/Tripoli Libya
- Africa/Tunis
- Africa/Windhoek
America
- America/Adak America/Atka US/Aleutian
- America/Anchorage SystemV/YST9YDT US/Alaska
- America/Anguilla
- America/Antigua
- America/Araguaina
- America/Aruba
- America/Asuncion
- America/Bahia
- America/Barbados
- America/Belem
- America/Belize
- America/Boa_Vista
- America/Bogota
- America/Boise
- America/Buenos_Aires
- America/Cambridge_Bay
- America/Campo_Grande
- America/Cancun
- America/Caracas
- America/Catamarca
- America/Cayenne
- America/Cayman
- America/Chicago CST6CDT SystemV/CST6CDT US/Central
- America/Chihuahua
- America/Cordoba America/Rosario
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/Cuiaba
- America/Curacao
- America/Danmarkshavn
- America/Dawson
- America/Dawson_Creek
- America/Denver MST7MDT SystemV/MST7MDT US/Mountain America/Shiprock Navajo
- America/Detroit US/Michigan
- America/Dominica
- America/Edmonton Canada/Mountain
- America/Eirunepe
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Ensenada America/Tijuana Mexico/BajaNorte
- America/Fortaleza
- America/Glace_Bay
- America/Godthab
- America/Goose_Bay
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Grenada
- America/Guadeloupe
- America/Guatemala
- America/Guayaquil
- America/Guyana
- America/Halifax Canada/Atlantic SystemV/AST4ADT
- America/Havana Cuba
- America/Hermosillo
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Fort_Wayne EST SystemV/EST5 US/East-Indiana
- America/Indiana/Knox America/Knox_IN US/Indiana-Starke
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Inuvik
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica Jamaica
- America/Jujuy
- America/Juneau
- America/Kentucky/Louisville America/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/La_Paz
- America/Lima
- America/Los_Angeles PST8PDT SystemV/PST8PDT US/Pacific US/Pacific- New
- America/Maceio
- America/Managua
- America/Manaus Brazil/West
- America/Martinique
- America/Mazatlan Mexico/BajaSur
- America/Mendoza
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Mexico_City Mexico/General
- America/Miquelon
- America/Monterrey
- America/Montevideo
- America/Montreal
- America/Montserrat
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York EST5EDT SystemV/EST5EDT US/Eastern
- America/Nipigon
- America/Nome
- America/Noronha Brazil/DeNoronha
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Paramaribo
- America/Phoenix MST SystemV/MST7 US/Arizona
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Port_of_Spain
- America/Porto_Acre America/Rio_Branco Brazil/Acre
- America/Porto_Velho
- America/Puerto_Rico SystemV/AST4
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Recife
- America/Regina Canada/East-Saskatchewan Canada/Saskatchewan SystemV/CST6
- America/Santiago Chile/Continental
- America/Santo_Domingo
- America/Sao_Paulo Brazil/East
- America/Scoresbysund
- America/St_Johns Canada/Newfoundland
- America/St_Kitts
- America/St_Lucia
- America/St_Thomas America/Virgin
- America/St_Vincent
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Thule
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto Canada/Eastern
- America/Tortola
- America/Vancouver Canada/Pacific
- America/Whitehorse Canada/Yukon
- America/Winnipeg Canada/Central
- America/Yakutat
- America/Yellowknife
Antarctica
- Antarctica/Casey
- Antarctica/Davis
- Antarctica/DumontDUrville
- Antarctica/Mawson
- Antarctica/McMurdo
- Antarctica/South_Pole
- Antarctica/Palmer
- Antarctica/Rothera
- Antarctica/Syowa
- Antarctica/Vostok
Asia
- Asia/Aden
- Asia/Almaty
- Asia/Amman
- Asia/Anadyr
- Asia/Aqtau
- Asia/Aqtobe
- Asia/Ashgabat Asia/Ashkhabad
- Asia/Baghdad
- Asia/Bahrain
- Asia/Baku
- Asia/Bangkok
- Asia/Beirut
- Asia/Bishkek
- Asia/Brunei
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Choibalsan
- Asia/Chongqing Asia/Chungking
- Asia/Colombo
- Asia/Dacca Asia/Dhaka
- Asia/Damascus
- Asia/Dili
- Asia/Dubai
- Asia/Dushanbe
- Asia/Gaza
- Asia/Harbin
- Asia/Hong_Kong Hongkong
- Asia/Hovd
- Asia/Irkutsk
- Asia/Jakarta
- Asia/Jayapura
- Asia/Jerusalem Asia/Tel_Aviv Israel
- Asia/Kabul
- Asia/Kamchatka
- Asia/Karachi
- Asia/Kashgar
- Asia/Katmandu
- Asia/Krasnoyarsk
- Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- Asia/Kuching
- Asia/Kuwait
- Asia/Macao Asia/Macau
- Asia/Magadan
- Asia/Makassar Asia/Ujung_Pandang
- Asia/Manila
- Asia/Muscat
- Asia/Nicosia Europe/Nicosia
- Asia/Novosibirsk
- Asia/Omsk
- Asia/Oral
- Asia/Phnom_Penh
- Asia/Pontianak
- Asia/Pyongyang
- Asia/Qatar
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Asia/Rangoon
- Asia/Riyadh
- Asia/Riyadh87 Mideast/Riyadh87
- Asia/Riyadh88 Mideast/Riyadh88
- Asia/Riyadh89 Mideast/Riyadh89
- Asia/Saigon
- Asia/Sakhalin
- Asia/Samarkand
- Asia/Seoul ROK
- Asia/Shanghai PRC
- Asia/Singapore Singapore
- Asia/Taipei ROC
- Asia/Tashkent
- Asia/Tbilisi
- Asia/Tehran Iran
- Asia/Thimbu Asia/Thimphu
- Asia/Tokyo Japan
- Asia/Ulaanbaatar Asia/Ulan_Bator
- Asia/Urumqi
- Asia/Vientiane
- Asia/Vladivostok
- Asia/Yakutsk
- Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Asia/Yerevan
Atlantic
- Atlantic/Azores
- Atlantic/Bermuda
- Atlantic/Canary
- Atlantic/Cape_Verde
- Atlantic/Faeroe
- Atlantic/Madeira
- Atlantic/Reykjavik Iceland
- Atlantic/South_Georgia
- Atlantic/St_Helena
- Atlantic/Stanley
Australia
- Australia/ACT
- Australia/Canberra
- Australia/NSW
- Australia/Sydney
- Australia/Adelaide
- Australia/South
- Australia/Brisbane
- Australia/Queensland
- Australia/Broken_Hill
- Australia/Yancowinna
- Australia/Darwin
- Australia/North
- Australia/Hobart
- Australia/Tasmania
- Australia/LHI
- Australia/Lord_Howe
- Australia/Lindeman
- Australia/Melbourne
- Australia/Victoria
- Australia/Perth Australia/West
CET
EET
Etc/GMT
- GMT
- GMT+0
- GMT-0
- GMT0
- Greenwich
- Etc/Greenwich
- Etc/GMT+0...Etc/GMT+12
- Etc/GMT-0...Etc/GMT-14
Europe
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Europe/Andorra
- Europe/Athens
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Belgrade
- Europe/Ljubljana
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Europe/Skopje
- Europe/Zagreb
- Europe/Berlin
- Europe/Brussels
- Europe/Bucharest
- Europe/Budapest
- Europe/Chisinau Europe/Tiraspol
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Europe/Dublin Eire
- Europe/Gibraltar
- Europe/Helsinki
- Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul Turkey
- Europe/Kaliningrad
- Europe/Kiev
- Europe/Lisbon Portugal
- Europe/London GB GB-Eire
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Europe/Madrid
- Europe/Malta
- Europe/Minsk
- Europe/Monaco
- Europe/Moscow W-SU
- Europe/Oslo
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
- Europe/Paris
- Europe/Prague Europe/Bratislava
- Europe/Riga
- Europe/Rome Europe/San_Marino Europe/Vatican
- Europe/Samara
- Europe/Simferopol
- Europe/Sofia
- Europe/Stockholm
- Europe/Tallinn
- Europe/Tirane
- Europe/Uzhgorod
- Europe/Vaduz
- Europe/Vienna
- Europe/Vilnius
- Europe/Warsaw Poland
- Europe/Zaporozhye
- Europe/Zurich
Factory
Indian
- Indian/Antananarivo
- Indian/Chagos
- Indian/Christmas
- Indian/Cocos
- Indian/Comoro
- Indian/Kerguelen
- Indian/Mahe
- Indian/Maldives
- Indian/Mauritius
- Indian/Mayotte
- Indian/Reunion
MET
Pacific
- Pacific/Apia
- Pacific/Auckland NZ
- Pacific/Chatham NZ-CHAT
- Pacific/Easter
- Chile/EasterIsland
- Pacific/Efate
- Pacific/Enderbury
- Pacific/Fakaofo
- Pacific/Fiji
- Pacific/Funafuti
- Pacific/Galapagos
- Pacific/Gambier SystemV/YST9
- Pacific/Guadalcanal
- Pacific/Guam
- Pacific/Honolulu HST SystemV/HST10 US/Hawaii
- Pacific/Johnston
- Pacific/Kiritimati
- Pacific/Kosrae
- Pacific/Kwajalein Kwajalein
- Pacific/Majuro
- Pacific/Marquesas
- Pacific/Midway
- Pacific/Nauru
- Pacific/Niue
- Pacific/Norfolk
- Pacific/Noumea
- Pacific/Pago_Pago
- Pacific/Samoa US/Samoa
- Pacific/Palau
- Pacific/Pitcairn SystemV/PST8
- Pacific/Ponape
- Pacific/Port_Moresby
- Pacific/Rarotonga
- Pacific/Saipan
- Pacific/Tahiti
- Pacific/Tarawa
- Pacific/Tongatapu
- Pacific/Truk
- Pacific/Wake
- Pacific/Wallis
- Pacific/Yap
UCT Etc
UCT
UTC
- Universal Zulu
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
WET