---
id: "timezone"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["datetime"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 55
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/timezone"
---

# Time zone (`timezone`)

A time zone is an area that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Date and time (datetime)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Patterns: `ianatimezoneid`, `utctimezoneoffset`

## Mappings

- cdm: `means.location.timezone`

## Metacrafter rules

2 rules: 2 match the field name, 0 match values.

- `timezoneknown` (field, `common/dateandtime.yaml`)
- `timezoneknownpat` (field, `common/dateandtime.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `metacrafter`
- `metacrafterpro`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone>

## Quality

Score 55/100. Missing: regexp, examples, negative example, translation.

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