@@ -85,9 +85,41 @@ for end-user display output only. Do not attempt to use abbreviations when pars
8585
8686## Methods for listing time zones
8787
88+ ### GetDisplayNames
89+
90+ Gets a dictionary of string/string pairs of time zones, where the key is a time zone identifier,
91+ and the value is the localized name of the time zone, as given by the Windows language pack for
92+ the specified language and locale.
93+
94+ This is useful because the values returned by ` TimeZoneInfo.DisplayName ` are only localized by the
95+ _ operating system's_ language, whereas ` TZNames.GetDisplayNames ` will work with any supported language.
96+
97+ ``` csharp
98+ var displayNames = TZNames .GetDisplayNames (" fr-CA" );
99+ ```
100+ * Output*
101+ Key | Value
102+ -------------------------------|--------------------------
103+ Dateline Standard Time | (UTC-12:00) Ligne de date internationale (Ouest)
104+ UTC-11 | (UTC-11:00) Temps universel coordonné-11
105+ Aleutian Standard Time | (UTC-10:00) Îles Aléoutiennes
106+ Hawaiian Standard Time | (UTC-10:00) Hawaii
107+ Marquesas Standard Time | (UTC-09:30) Îles Marquises
108+ Alaskan Standard Time | (UTC-09:00) Alaska
109+ UTC-09 | (UTC-09:00) Temps universel coordonné-09
110+ Pacific Standard Time (Mexico) | (UTC-08:00) Basse Californie
111+ UTC-08 | (UTC-08:00) Temps universel coordonné-08
112+ Pacific Standard Time | (UTC-08:00) Pacifique (É.-U. et Canada)
113+ ... | ...
114+
115+ Optionally, you can pass ` true ` as a second parameter to return IANA time zone IDs as the keys,
116+ though the list will still be limited to valid Windows time zones. When doing so, if there is a
117+ country code in the locale (eg. the ` CA ` in ` fr-CA ` ) that code will be used as the territory code
118+ in the Windows to IANA mapping.
119+
88120### GetTimeZonesForCountry
89121
90- Get a list of time zone names for a specific country, suitable for user time zone
122+ Gets a list of time zone names for a specific country, suitable for user time zone
91123selection.
92124
93125Returns a dictionary whose key is the IANA time zone identifier, and whose value
@@ -217,6 +249,18 @@ TODO: Add examples for this method.
217249
218250## Additional supporting methods
219251
252+ ### GetDisplayNameForTimeZone
253+
254+ ``` csharp
255+ string displayName = TZNames .GetDisplayNameForTimeZone (" America/Vancouver" , " fr" );
256+ // => "(UTC-08:00) Pacifique (É.-U. et Canada)"
257+ ```
258+
259+ ``` csharp
260+ string displayName = TZNames .GetDisplayNameForTimeZone (" India Standard Time" , " zh-CN" );
261+ // => "(UTC+05:30) 钦奈,加尔各答,孟买,新德里"
262+ ```
263+
220264### GetCountryNames
221265
222266Gets a localized list of country names, suitable for selecting a country before
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