Time Zone Database Tool

This tool provides several ways to explore the local timezones.jar on the Workbench host. This jar file contains the historical time zone database.

If the Workbench host is running a station (for example. a Supervisor station), the station uses this time zone database. With this tool, you can see what time zones are available, see the past and current behaviors for any time zone, and, in some cases, the future behaviors as well.

Figure 1. Manifest Information tab

This tab displays the version of the time zone application and provides a list of time zones based upon the area of the world you select.



To open this tool, click Tools and select Time Zone Database Tool.

Time Zone Database

This tab summarizes the characteristics of the current time zone.

Figure 2. Time Zone Database


Daylight Saving Time Calculator

Figure 3. Daylight Savings Time Calculator tab

This tab shows when Daylight Savings Time (DST) occurs for any selected year.



To use, click Tools and select Time Zone Database Tool, then select a time zone and type in a year in the Year property. The application updates when DST starts and ends.

Time Zone Calculator

This tab compares the time between any two time zones.

Figure 4. Time Zone Calculator tab


To use, click Tools and select Time Zone Database Tool, then select a source time zone and a target time zone and specify a source time (initial default is the current time). The application calculates the time in the target time zone.