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instance method

Time#utc_offset

time.utc_offset → integer

VALUE
rb_time_utc_offset(VALUE time)
{
    struct time_object *tobj;

    GetTimeval(time, tobj);

    if (TZMODE_UTC_P(tobj)) {
        return INT2FIX(0);
    }
    else {
        MAKE_TM(time, tobj);
        return tobj->vtm.utc_offset;
    }
}

Alias of #gmtoff

Returns the offset in seconds between the timezone of time and UTC.

Example

t = Time.gm(2000,1,1,20,15,1)   #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
t.gmt_offset                    #=> 0
l = t.getlocal                  #=> 2000-01-01 14:15:01 -0600
l.gmt_offset                    #=> -21600

See also #gmtoff #utc? #wday #utc also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0

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