UtcOffset

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A fixed gap from UTC, in minutes: +05:30.

Use it to record the offset a device or a message reported. For a place, use Zone, which follows the place's daylight saving rules.

Shape

Field	Type	Required?
`minutes`	`Int`	Yes

Example

example

UtcOffset { minutes: 330 }

text.parse(raw, as: UtcOffset) reads one from text that comes from outside. Text that isn't one at all fails malformed, such as Z, +0100 or +01.

Good to know

UTC itself is +00:00. Z is refused.
== tells you whether two are the same. < and list.sort_by don't take it, so sort by one of its parts instead.

In JSON

A string, in a request, a response or json.write:

json

"+00:00""+05:30""-05:00"

Details

Text form, storage, how it is shown, and operations

UtcOffset is in the group Time and calendar, and has been in Jadpo since 0.1.0.

Text form

text.from writes one standard text form, the same form text.parse reads back: +00:00, +05:30 and -05:00.

How it is stored

It is stored in one column named for the field, of type smallint. +05:30 is stored as 330.

How it is shown to people

text.format(value, locale:) shows it to people in their locale.

With locale: Locale.en_gb:

Value	Shown
`+00:00`	`GMT+00:00`
`+05:30`	`GMT+05:30`
`-05:00`	`GMT-05:00`

Operations

It also takes text.parse, text.from, text.format, json.read, json.write and ==. How every standard type behaves says how they work.

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