Improve API to help resolve canonical time zones

src/TimeZoneConverter/TZConvert.cs

@@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ static TZConvert()
         knownWindowsTimeZoneIds.Remove("Kamchatka Standard Time");
         knownWindowsTimeZoneIds.Remove("Mid-Atlantic Standard Time");
 
+        var knownIanaCanonicalNames = knownIanaTimeZoneNames.Except(Links.Keys).ToHashSet();
+
         KnownIanaTimeZoneNames = knownIanaTimeZoneNames;
         KnownWindowsTimeZoneIds = knownWindowsTimeZoneIds;
         KnownRailsTimeZoneNames = knownRailsTimeZoneNames;
+        KnownIanaCanonicalNames = knownIanaCanonicalNames;
 
         SystemTimeZones = GetSystemTimeZones();
     }
@@ -63,6 +66,11 @@ static TZConvert()
     /// </summary>
     public static IReadOnlyCollection<string> KnownRailsTimeZoneNames { get; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets a collection of all IANA canonical time zone names known to this library.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static IReadOnlyCollection<string> KnownIanaCanonicalNames { get; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets a dictionary that has an sorted collection of IANA time zone names keyed by territory code.
     /// </summary>
@@ -410,6 +418,32 @@ public static bool TryGetTimeZoneInfo(string windowsOrIanaTimeZoneId,
         return false;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Attempts to resolve the IANA canonical name given an IANA time zone name.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="ianaTimeZoneName">The IANA time zone name to resolve.</param>
+    /// <param name="ianaCanonicalName">The resolved IANA canonical time zone name.</param>
+    /// <returns><c>true</c> if successful, <c>false</c> otherwise.</returns>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// The resolving will succeed whether the input name is an alias or a canonical name.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static bool TryGetIanaCanonicalName(
+        string ianaTimeZoneName,
+        [MaybeNullWhen(false)] out string ianaCanonicalName)
+    {
+        if (ianaTimeZoneName == null || !KnownIanaTimeZoneNames.Contains(ianaTimeZoneName))
+        {
+            ianaCanonicalName = null;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        ianaCanonicalName = Links.TryGetValue(ianaTimeZoneName, out ianaCanonicalName)
+            ? ianaCanonicalName
+            : ianaTimeZoneName;
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Converts an IANA time zone name to one or more equivalent Rails time zone names.
     /// </summary>

test/TimeZoneConverter.Tests/TimeZoneInfoTests.cs

@@ -92,4 +92,66 @@ public void CanGetArgentinaStandardTime()
         var tz = TZConvert.GetTimeZoneInfo("Argentina Standard Time");
         Assert.NotNull(tz);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CanGetIanaCanonicalNameForAlias()
+    {
+        var result = TZConvert.TryGetIanaCanonicalName("Europe/Jersey", out var canonicalIanaName);
+
+        Assert.True(result, $"{nameof(TZConvert.TryGetIanaCanonicalName)} should succeed for alias.");
+        Assert.Equal("Europe/London", canonicalIanaName);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CanGetIanaCanonicalNameForCanonicalName()
+    {
+        var result = TZConvert.TryGetIanaCanonicalName("Africa/Maputo", out var canonicalIanaName);
+
+        Assert.True(result, $"{nameof(TZConvert.TryGetIanaCanonicalName)} should succeed for canonical time zone name.");
+        Assert.Equal("Africa/Maputo", canonicalIanaName);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(null)]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    [InlineData("  ")]
+    [InlineData("NOT-A-TIME-ZONE")]
+    public void CannotGetIanaCanonicalNameForUnknownOrInvalidName(string? name)
+    {
+        var result = TZConvert.TryGetIanaCanonicalName(name, out _);
+
+        Assert.False(result, $"{nameof(TZConvert.TryGetIanaCanonicalName)} should fail for invalid or unknown time zone name.");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CanGetIanaCanonicalNameForAllKnownIanaTimeZones()
+    {
+        var names = TZConvert.KnownIanaTimeZoneNames.ToList();
+
+        foreach (var name in names)
+        {
+            var result = TZConvert.TryGetIanaCanonicalName(name, out _);
+
+            Assert.True(result, $"{nameof(TZConvert.TryGetIanaCanonicalName)} should succeed for \"{name}\".");
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("Australia/Brisbane")]
+    [InlineData("Antarctica/Troll")]
+    [InlineData("America/Adak")]
+    public void CanFindCanonicalTimeZoneInCanonicalNames(string name)
+    {
+        var result = TZConvert.KnownIanaCanonicalNames.Contains(name);
+
+        Assert.True(result, $"{nameof(TZConvert.KnownIanaCanonicalNames)} should contain \"{name}\".");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CannotFindAliasInCanonicalNames()
+    {
+        var result = TZConvert.KnownIanaCanonicalNames.Contains("Australia/Queensland");
+
+        Assert.False(result, $"{nameof(TZConvert.KnownIanaCanonicalNames)} should not contain \"Australia/Queensland\".");
+    }
 }