Time.TimeZone

This module defines a representations for Timezone information.

TimeZone values

TimeZone represents the opaque type of timezone values. These are generally loaded from an external source via unpack.

name : TimeZone -> String

name returns a TimeZone's name.

abbreviation : Posix -> TimeZone -> String

Given an arbitrary Time and a TimeZone, abbreviation returns the TimeZone's abbreviation at that Time.

offset : Posix -> TimeZone -> Int

Given an arbitrary Time and a TimeZone, offset returns the TimeZone's UTC offset in milliseconds at that Time.

offsetString : Posix -> TimeZone -> String

Given an arbitrary Time and TimeZone, offsetString returns an ISO8601-formatted UTC offset for at that Time.

setName updates a TimeZone's name.

unpack : String -> Result (List DeadEnd) TimeZone

unpackNew decodes a packed zone data object into a TimeZone value.

A fake TimeZone which represents an error parsing zone data. Tests in this package verify it will never be returned.