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Chapter FiveGeneral Functions (continued)

StringToTimeZoneBias Function

Overview

The StringToTimeZoneBias function parses a standard time zone string and returns the bias in minutes from UTC.

Syntax/Parameters

Syntax

int = StringToTimeZoneBias ( string data );

Parameters

data

A string in the form of a time zone appendage such as “+0500” or “z”.

Return Value

Returns an int as a time zone bias in minutes or a formatted error code. Formatted error codes will contain either ERROR_RANGE or ERROR_SYNTAX with an ORed subfield of 1, 2 or 3 depending on the location of the error.

On success, the last error code will contain the formatted time zone information. See StringToTimeZone for a table of bitwise zone information.

Remarks

StringToTimeZoneBias returns the translated zone information as a bias value.

If seconds are provided such as “-05:00:00”, the seconds are ignored.

Related Functions

Platform Support

Go13, Go16, GoFiler Complete, GoFiler Corporate, GoFiler, GoFiler Lite, GoXBRL

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