For various reasons we need to use the CONVERT_TZ() function in mysql to
convert times during queries.  The timezone to be used in the conversion
is based on the timezone the user selected when setting up their profile
(from a select box populated with ActiveSupport::TimeZone.us_zone).

The problem is that the zone names in rails differ from the names in
MySQL.

In rails we have a name like "Eastern Time (US & Canada)".  MySQL has
the equivalent as the following: "US/Eastern"

Obviously we could write some name mapping thingy or munge the names in
MySQL time_zone_name file.  I'm just wondering if anyone has already
been down this path and has a canned solution.

Thanks in advance.

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