ICU-8887 Update timezone doc in ICU4C

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Michael Ow 2011-12-13 17:44:04 +00:00
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* You can use <code>getAvailableIDs</code> method to iterate through
* all the supported time zone IDs. You can then choose a
* all the supported time zone IDs, or getCanonicalID method to check
* if a time zone ID is supported or not. You can then choose a
* supported ID to get a <code>TimeZone</code>.
* If the time zone you want is not represented by one of the
* supported IDs, then you can create a custom time zone ID with
@ -81,10 +82,12 @@ class StringEnumeration;
*
* For example, you might specify GMT+14:00 as a custom
* time zone ID. The <code>TimeZone</code> that is returned
* when you specify a custom time zone ID does not include
* daylight savings time. If a custom time zone ID is used,
* the meaning of what a positive offset is should also be specified.
* In addition, <code>getCanonicalID</code> can also be used to
* when you specify a custom time zone ID uses the specified
* offset from GMT(=UTC) and does not observe daylight saving
* time. For example, you might specify GMT+14:00 as a custom
* time zone ID to create a TimeZone representing 14 hours ahead
* of GMT (with no daylight saving time). In addition,
* <code>getCanonicalID</code> can also be used to
* normalize a custom time zone ID.
*
* TimeZone is an abstract class representing a time zone. A TimeZone is needed for