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3.8.3.4. Time Zone Offset To

Property Name

TZOFFSETTO

Purpose

This property specifies the offset that is in use in this time zone observance.

Value Type

UTC-OFFSET

Property Parameters

IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property.

Conformance

This property MUST be specified in "STANDARD" and "DAYLIGHT" sub-components.

Description

This property specifies the offset that 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

This property is defined by the following notation:

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

 toparam    = *(";" other-param)

Example

The following are examples of this property

 TZOFFSETTO:-0400

 TZOFFSETTO:+1245

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