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This template maps time zones to coordinates in original format from [[zone.tab]] of [[tz database]]:
# 2. Latitude and longitude of the zone's principal location
# in [[ISO 6709]] sign-degrees-minutes-seconds format,
# either +-DDMM+-DDDMM or +-DDMMSS+-DDDMMSS,
# first latitude (+ is north), then longitude (+ is east).

== Usage ==

{{tlc|Time zone/coordinates}} has one required positional parameter for timezone name from tz database. For example:

* {{demo inline|<nowiki>{{Time zone/coordinates|America/New_York}}</nowiki>}}
* {{demo inline|<nowiki>{{Time zone/coordinates|Europe/Berlin}}</nowiki>}}
* {{demo inline|<nowiki>{{Time zone/coordinates|Australia/Sydney}}</nowiki>}}

Timezone names can be in the database but return no coordinates, for example from timezone links:

* {{demo inline|<nowiki>{{Time zone/coordinates|Antarctica/South_Pole}}</nowiki>}}
* {{demo inline|<nowiki>{{Time zone/coordinates|Etc/GMT-8}}</nowiki>}}

For invalid timezone names:

* {{demo inline|<nowiki>{{Time zone/coordinates}}</nowiki>}}
* {{demo inline|<nowiki>{{Time zone/coordinates|}}</nowiki>}}
* {{demo inline|<nowiki>{{Time zone/coordinates|No such TZ name}}</nowiki>}}

== Data format ==

Some [[regular expressions]] that may help working with the [[tz database]] data

If performed in this order, it will convert +- to NSEW
search ^-
replace S
search ^+
replace N
search -
replace W
search +
replace E

If +- is converted to NSEW:
search ([NS])([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})[0-9]{0,2}([EW])([0-9]{3})([0-9]{2})[0-9]{0,2}
replace $2|$3|$1|$5|$6|$4
result: all entries will have DD|MM|NS|DDD|MM|EW format - needed by [[template:coord]]

==TemplateData==
{{TemplateData header|Time zone/coordinates}}

<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "Timezone name",
"example": "Europe/London",
"type": "string",
"required": true,
"description": "Timezone name as defined in the tz database"
}
},
"description": "Maps time zones to coordinates in original format from zone.tab of tz database.",
"format": "inline"
}
</templatedata>

== See also ==

{{Time zone/database see also}}

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