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ChronosOffset Extraction Methods

getTimeZoneOffset

Returns the timezone offset of Chronos instance in ±HH:mm format maintaining current timezone.

getTimeZoneOffset()

Returns the timezone offset of Chronos instance in ±HH:mm format maintaining current timezone.

Signature

getTimeZoneOffset(): $UTCOffset

Return Type

$UTCOffset — Offset string in the format ±HH:mm

Description

Returns the offset string of this Chronos instance’s stored timezone, regardless of the current system's timezone.

  • Useful for working with date instances that were parsed with or set to a specific timezone.

Note

Follows the same sign convention as getUTCOffset() — positive if ahead of UTC, negative if behind.

Example

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getTimeZoneOffsetMinutes

Returns the current Chronos` instance's timezone offset in minutes.

getUTCOffsetMinutes

Gets the difference in minutes between Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) and the time on the local system.

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