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Time-zone databaseCase 06 of 06

Windows vs IANA zone ids

Windows uses display names like 'Eastern Standard Time' where IANA uses 'America/New_York'; the mapping is many-to-one and requires the CLDR windowsZones table.

Class
Case to account for
Affects
1 conversion
01

Detection

Zone id is a Windows display name, not an IANA id.

02

Mitigation

01
Normalize through CLDR windowsZones before resolving.
03

Affected conversions

Timestamp + zonehour-of-week slot
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