4.8.3.4 Time Zone Offset To

Basic Definition | Description| | Example

Basic Definition

Property Name: TZOFFSETTO
Purpose: This property specifies the offset which is in use in this time zone observance.
Value Type: UTC-OFFSET
Property Parameters: Non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property.
Conformance: This property MUST be specified in a "VTIMEZONE" calendar component.

Description

This property specifies the offset which is in use in this time zone observance. It is used to calculate the absolute time for the new observance. The property value is a signed numeric indicating the number of hours and possibly minutes from UTC. Positive numbers represent time zones east of the prime meridian, or ahead of UTC. Negative numbers represent time zones west of the prime meridian, or behind UTC.

Format Definition

The property is defined by the following notation:

  tzoffsetto = "TZOFFSETTO" toparam ":" utc-offset CRLF

  toparam    = *(";" xparam)

Example

The following are examples of this property:

  TZOFFSETTO:-0400

  TZOFFSETTO:+1245

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This is a part of RFC 2445 iCalendar specification (1998-11), converted to XHTML by M.Kanzaki.
Status: first converted 2003-10-25, modified 2003-10-28. Exp.