get or set the timezone of the time object (see
timezone
in the base package).
timezone(object)
timezone(object) <- value
object to get or set timezone property.
specify the new value for timezone. See timezone in the base package.
Changing the timezone of an object consist in reprojecting time coordinates from a system of reference to another. That is to say that not only the ‘timezone’ attribute is changed : for instance '2012-02-01 14:OO UTC' will be changed in '2012-02-01 15:00 CET' if ‘timezone’ is set to ‘CET’ (French local time).