Canoncial Timezone string


import java.sql.Time;
import java.sql.Timestamp;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class TimeUtil
{
    static TimeZone GMT_TIMEZONE = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
    static final HashMap TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS;
    static {
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS = new HashMap(175);

        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Romance", "Europe/Paris");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Romance Standard Time", "Europe/Paris");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Warsaw", "Europe/Warsaw");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Central Europe", "Europe/Prague");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Central Europe Standard Time", "Europe/Prague");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Prague Bratislava", "Europe/Prague");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("W. Central Africa Standard Time","Africa/Luanda");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("FLE", "Europe/Helsinki");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("FLE Standard Time", "Europe/Helsinki");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("GFT", "Europe/Athens");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("GFT Standard Time", "Europe/Athens");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("GTB", "Europe/Athens");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("GTB Standard Time", "Europe/Athens");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Israel", "Asia/Jerusalem");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Israel Standard Time", "Asia/Jerusalem");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Arab", "Asia/Riyadh");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Arab Standard Time", "Asia/Riyadh");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Arabic Standard Time", "Asia/Baghdad");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("E. Africa", "Africa/Nairobi");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("E. Africa Standard Time", "Africa/Nairobi");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Saudi Arabia", "Asia/Riyadh");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Saudi Arabia Standard Time", "Asia/Riyadh");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Iran", "Asia/Tehran");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Iran Standard Time", "Asia/Tehran");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Afghanistan", "Asia/Kabul");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Afghanistan Standard Time", "Asia/Kabul");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("India", "Asia/Calcutta");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("India Standard Time", "Asia/Calcutta");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Myanmar Standard Time", "Asia/Rangoon");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Nepal Standard Time", "Asia/Katmandu");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Sri Lanka", "Asia/Colombo");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Sri Lanka Standard Time", "Asia/Colombo");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Beijing", "Asia/Shanghai");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("China", "Asia/Shanghai");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("China Standard Time", "Asia/Shanghai");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("AUS Central", "Australia/Darwin");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("AUS Central Standard Time", "Australia/Darwin");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Cen. Australia", "Australia/Adelaide");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Cen. Australia Standard Time","Australia/Adelaide");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Vladivostok", "Asia/Vladivostok");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Vladivostok Standard Time", "Asia/Vladivostok");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("West Pacific", "Pacific/Guam");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("West Pacific Standard Time", "Pacific/Guam");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("E. South America", "America/Sao_Paulo");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("E. South America Standard Time","America/Sao_Paulo");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Greenland Standard Time", "America/Godthab");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Newfoundland", "America/St_Johns");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Newfoundland Standard Time", "America/St_Johns");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Pacific SA", "America/Caracas");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Pacific SA Standard Time", "America/Caracas");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("SA Western", "America/Caracas");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("SA Western Standard Time", "America/Caracas");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("SA Pacific", "America/Bogota");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("SA Pacific Standard Time", "America/Bogota");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("US Eastern", "America/Indianapolis");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("US Eastern Standard Time","America/Indianapolis");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Central America Standard Time","America/Regina");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Mexico", "America/Mexico_City");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Mexico Standard Time", "America/Mexico_City");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Canada Central", "America/Regina");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Canada Central Standard Time", "America/Regina");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("US Mountain", "America/Phoenix");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("US Mountain Standard Time", "America/Phoenix");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("GMT", "Europe/London");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("GMT Standard Time", "Europe/London");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Ekaterinburg", "Asia/Yekaterinburg");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Ekaterinburg Standard Time","Asia/Yekaterinburg");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("West Asia", "Asia/Karachi");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("West Asia Standard Time", "Asia/Karachi");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Central Asia", "Asia/Dhaka");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Central Asia Standard Time", "Asia/Dhaka");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("N. Central Asia Standard Time","Asia/Novosibirsk");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Bangkok", "Asia/Bangkok");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Bangkok Standard Time", "Asia/Bangkok");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("North Asia Standard Time", "Asia/Krasnoyarsk");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("SE Asia", "Asia/Bangkok");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("SE Asia Standard Time", "Asia/Bangkok");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("North Asia East Standard Time","Asia/Ulaanbaatar");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Singapore", "Asia/Singapore");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Singapore Standard Time", "Asia/Singapore");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Taipei", "Asia/Taipei");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Taipei Standard Time", "Asia/Taipei");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("W. Australia", "Australia/Perth");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("W. Australia Standard Time", "Australia/Perth");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Korea", "Asia/Seoul");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Korea Standard Time", "Asia/Seoul");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Tokyo", "Asia/Tokyo");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Tokyo Standard Time", "Asia/Tokyo");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Yakutsk", "Asia/Yakutsk");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Yakutsk Standard Time", "Asia/Yakutsk");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Central European", "Europe/Belgrade");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Central European Standard Time","Europe/Belgrade");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("W. Europe", "Europe/Berlin");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("W. Europe Standard Time", "Europe/Berlin");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Tasmania", "Australia/Hobart");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Tasmania Standard Time", "Australia/Hobart");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("AUS Eastern", "Australia/Sydney");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("AUS Eastern Standard Time", "Australia/Sydney");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("E. Australia", "Australia/Brisbane");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("E. Australia Standard Time","Australia/Brisbane");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Sydney Standard Time", "Australia/Sydney");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Central Pacific", "Pacific/Guadalcanal");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Central Pacific Standard Time","Pacific/Guadalcanal");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Dateline", "Pacific/Majuro");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Dateline Standard Time", "Pacific/Majuro");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Fiji", "Pacific/Fiji");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Fiji Standard Time", "Pacific/Fiji");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Samoa", "Pacific/Apia");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Samoa Standard Time", "Pacific/Apia");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Hawaiian", "Pacific/Honolulu");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Hawaiian Standard Time", "Pacific/Honolulu");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Alaskan", "America/Anchorage");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Alaskan Standard Time", "America/Anchorage");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Pacific", "America/Los_Angeles");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Pacific Standard Time", "America/Los_Angeles");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Mexico Standard Time 2", "America/Chihuahua");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Mountain", "America/Denver");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Mountain Standard Time", "America/Denver");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Central", "America/Chicago");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Central Standard Time", "America/Chicago");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Eastern", "America/New_York");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Eastern Standard Time", "America/New_York");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("E. Europe", "Europe/Bucharest");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("E. Europe Standard Time", "Europe/Bucharest");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Egypt", "Africa/Cairo");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Egypt Standard Time", "Africa/Cairo");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("South Africa", "Africa/Harare");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("South Africa Standard Time", "Africa/Harare");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Atlantic", "America/Halifax");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Atlantic Standard Time", "America/Halifax");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("SA Eastern", "America/Buenos_Aires");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("SA Eastern Standard Time","America/Buenos_Aires");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Mid-Atlantic", "Atlantic/South_Georgia");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Mid-Atlantic Standard Time","Atlantic/South_Georgia");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Azores", "Atlantic/Azores");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Azores Standard Time", "Atlantic/Azores");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Cape Verde Standard Time","Atlantic/Cape_Verde");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Russian", "Europe/Moscow");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Russian Standard Time", "Europe/Moscow");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("New Zealand", "Pacific/Auckland");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("New Zealand Standard Time", "Pacific/Auckland");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Tonga Standard Time", "Pacific/Tongatapu");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Arabian", "Asia/Muscat");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Arabian Standard Time", "Asia/Muscat");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Caucasus", "Asia/Tbilisi");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Caucasus Standard Time", "Asia/Tbilisi");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("GMT Standard Time", "GMT");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Greenwich", "GMT");
        TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.put("Greenwich Standard Time", "GMT");
    }
    public static String getCanoncialTimezone(String timezoneStr)
    {
        if (timezoneStr == null) {
            return null;
        }
        timezoneStr = timezoneStr.trim();
        // Fix windows Daylight/Standard shift JDK doesn't map these (doh)
        String timezoneStrUC = timezoneStr.toUpperCase();
        int daylightIndex = timezoneStrUC.indexOf("DAYLIGHT");
        if (daylightIndex != -1) {
            StringBuffer timezoneBuf = new StringBuffer();
            timezoneBuf.append(timezoneStr.substring(0, daylightIndex));
            timezoneBuf.append("Standard");
            timezoneBuf.append(timezoneStr.substring(
                                       daylightIndex + "DAYLIGHT".length(),
                                       timezoneStr.length()));
            timezoneStr = timezoneBuf.toString();
        }
        return (String)TIMEZONE_MAPPINGS.get(timezoneStr);
    }
}
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