4.3.14 UTC Offset
Basic Definition | Formal Definition | Description| Example
Basic Definition
- Value Name
- UTC-OFFSET
- Purpose
- This value type is used to identify properties that contain an offset from UTC to local time.
Formal Definition
The data type is defined by the following
notation:
utc-offset = time-numzone ;As defined above in time data type
time-numzone = ("+" / "-") time-hour time-minute [time-
second]
Description
The PLUS SIGN character MUST be specified for positive UTC offsets (i.e., ahead of UTC). The value of "-0000" and "-000000" are not allowed. The time-second, if present, may not be 60; if absent, it defaults to zero.
No additional content value encoding (i.e., BACKSLASH character encoding) is defined for this value type.
Example
The following UTC offsets are given for standard time for New York (five hours behind UTC) and Geneva (one hour ahead of UTC): -0500 +0100