You'll notice that list includes US/Eastern which links to America/New_York as the correct "standard" for that timezone. Edit: Just want to clarify that "Easte

You'll notice that list includes US/Eastern which links to America/New_York as the correct "standard" for that timezone. Edit: Just want to clarify that "Eastern" and others are indeed on that list and everywhere I've needed them have worked in place of the physical location equivalent. The physical locations, however, are the standard for the respective timezones--I am not commenting on the correctness of the GP post.