Is it possible to list available TimeZones by Locale in Java?

Question

I need to generate a list of timezones to display for a user. We\'d like to narrow the list down depending on the user\'s Locale.

If the user has a locale of \'en

Answer 1

No you can't. You can use TimeZone.getAvailableIDs(int rawoffset) to narrow the results, but then you need to keep a map of Locale->raw offsets.

Also, what happens if your user is an American located in India? Don't you want to display the Asia/Kolkata time zone for him?