Long form name of timezone in NodaTime

Question

In NodaTime, how do you find the long form name of a timezone given the tz timezone id?

For example, if I supply \"America/Los_Angeles\", I should get \"Pacific Stan

Answer 1

Short answer: https://github.com/barrycarter/bcapps/blob/master/ASTRO/tz2name.txt

Long answer: As others have noted, you can use CLDR's common/supplemental/metaZones.xml file to map timezones to regions. For example:

maps the timezone "America/Barbados" to the region "Atlantic".

You can then use common/main/en.xml to convert the region to a timezone name. For example:

                    
                            
                                    Atlantic Time
                                    Atlantic Standard Time
                                    Atlantic Daylight Time
                            
                            
                                    AT
                                    AST
                                    ADT
                            
                    

tells us the names of the timezones (long and short forms) used in the "Atlantic" region.

This is pretty much a repeat of the other answers, but with direct references to files in question.