STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #4.4 -- MAILMAN TIME ZONE FILE 9/29/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^XMB(4.4, (18 ENTRIES) SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 8.0)
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MailMan Time Zones are used to calculate the time in the time zone a receiving domain is in for a message coming in from a
different time zone. Therefore times can be expressed in EST (Eastern Standard Time) even if they were originally formed in PST
(Pacific Standard Time).
APPLICATION GROUP(S): XM
IDENTIFIED BY: TIME ZONE NAME (#1)
POINTED TO BY: TIME ZONE field (#1) of the MAILMAN SITE PARAMETERS File (#4.3)
STANDARD TIMEZONE field (#10) of the CIRN REPOSITORY SITE PARAMETER File (#990.8)
DST TIMEZONE field (#11) of the CIRN REPOSITORY SITE PARAMETER File (#990.8)
CROSS
REFERENCED BY: CODE(B), TIME ZONE NAME(C)
4.4,.01 CODE 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)
Three character code, naming the zone.
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<3)!'(X?3U) X
HELP-PROMPT: Must be three upper case letters
DESCRIPTION:
The 3 character code for the Time Zone, i.e. EST, CST, MST, PST, etc.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 4.4^B
1)= S ^XMB(4.4,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^XMB(4.4,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
4.4,1 TIME ZONE NAME 0;2 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>25!($L(X)<5) X
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 5-25 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION:
The formal name of the Time Zone, i.e. Eastern Standard Time, etc.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 4.4^C
1)= S ^XMB(4.4,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^XMB(4.4,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)
4.4,2 DIFFERENTIAL 0;3 NUMBER
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>12)!(X<-12)!(X?.E1"."2N.N) X
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the number of hours before or after GMT
DESCRIPTION:
The number of hours before or after GMT.
INPUT TEMPLATE(S):
PRINT TEMPLATE(S):
SORT TEMPLATE(S):
FORM(S)/BLOCK(S):