An enum is generally a bad idea for data that may change over time.
The examples below are a good way to find the zones.

Stephen


On 15 April 2011 00:42, Tauren Mills <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not sure it would make sense to create an enum of the timezones.
> My understanding is that timezone information is pulled from the Olson
> database installed onto your system or java installation. This
> database can be updated as changes to timezones occur. If there was an
> enum, it would require that JodaTime be recompiled each time the
> database changes instead of just loading the database.
>
> Perhaps I'm mistaken on how this works, and if so, please advise. The
> suggestions others have given should do the trick for getting a list
> of timezones.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Matthew Adams <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Are there enums of the long string ids of timezones somewhere?  Like
>> "America/Los_Angeles"?  I know we're supposed to use those, but where
>> are they defined?  RTFMs are welcome for this question.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matthew
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