There are in fact names for all the integral-hour time zones.  UTC s
of course "UTC". THe time zones from UTC-1 to UTC-12 are named
"Etc/GMT+1" to "Etc/GMT+12", and the time zones from UTC+1 to UTC+14
are named "Etc/GMT-1" to "Etc/GMT-14".  The reversal of signs reflects
Posix conventions.

On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 2:13 PM Peter McGoron <xxxxxx@mcgoron.com> wrote:
>
>  > 4. It is important to be able to retrieve the time zone name from a
> timezone object for display purposes so that you can talk about a
> futures contract that will expire at (say) 5 PM New York time. I think
> time zones should always have names: see issue 7.
>
> Looking at the CLDR data files, it seems that you should be able to look
> up the CLDR name using a combination of the current locale, ICANN name,
> and the standard/daylight time flag. I believe adding the ability to
> look up the ICANN name of a zone is sufficient for this purpose.
>
>      (timezone-icann-name timezone) => string or #f
>
> If a timezone has no ICANN name (a constant-offset timezone) it returns
> #f. Otherwise it returns an immutable string.
>
> -- Peter McGoron
>