.TZOFF - returns a time zone's offset from GMT.

Alternate Entry Name: _TZOFF

Usage:

B:
   %b/manif/t_ctrl
   offset = .tzoff(tzref);

C:
   #include <t_ctrl.h>
   long _tzoff(_T_time_zone tzref);

Where:

tzref

is the time zone reference value for a particular time zone.

offset

is the offset of that time zone (in seconds) from Greenwich Mean Time.

Description:

.TZOFF determines the offset between a particular time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Zones to the west of Greenwich generally have a positive offset, while those to the east have a negative offset.

See Also:

expl b tz

for background on time zones.

expl b lib .tzqry

for obtaining time zone reference values.

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