oce (version 0.2-1)

GMTOffsetFromTz: Determine time offset from timezone

Description

Determine time offset from timezone

Usage

GMTOffsetFromTz(tz)

Arguments

tz

a timezone, e.g. UTC.

Value

• Number of hours in offset, e.g. AST yields 4.

Details

The data are from http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/ and were hand-edited to develop this code, so there may be errors. Also, note that some of these contradict; if you examine the code, you'll see some commented-out portions that represent solving conflicting definitions by choosing the more common timezone abbreviation over a the less common one.

Examples

library(oce)
cat("Atlantic Standard Time is ", GMTOffsetFromTz("AST"), "hours after UTC")