---
id: "ianatimezoneid"
kind: "pattern"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["datetime"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 90
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ianatimezoneid"
---

# IANA Timezone ID (`ianatimezoneid`)

Time zone identifier from the IANA time zone database (tz database), in Area/Location form, for example Europe/London.

- Pattern of: `timezone`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Date and time (datetime)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:[A-Z][A-Za-z_-]+(?:/[A-Za-z0-9_+-]+){1,2}|UTC|GMT)$
```

## Examples

- `Australia/Sydney` — Australia/Sydney
- `Europe/London` — Europe/London

## Mappings

- fta: `TIMEZONE.IANA`
- wikidata: `P6687`

## Supported by tools

- `fta`
- `greatexpectations`

## Sources

- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6687>

## Quality

Score 90/100. Missing: negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/ianatimezoneid.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/datetime/ianatimezoneid.yaml>