DSTOFF

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Attribute: Daylight Saving Time offset from UTC

Alpha code: DSTOFF

Attribute type: Simple

Camel case: daylightOffsetUTC

Data Type: String

Reference: ISO 8601


Definition:

Daylight Saving Time (DST) or Summer Time is the practice of temporarily advancing clocks in a time zone during the summertime so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Daylight Saving Time offset from UTC is the time difference in a time zone between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and DST. daylightOffsetUTC is expressed as ±[hh]:[mm] and is added to UTC to obtain the local DST.


Remarks:

Example. daylightOffsetUTC for Germany is expressed as: +02:00.


Distinction:

standardOffsetUTC


Justification:

New attribute


Comments:

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