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Timezones in ezTime are objects. They can be created with `Timezone yourTZ`, where `yourTZ` is the name you choose to refer to the timezone. In this manual, this name will be used from now on. But you can naturally choose any name you want.
Internally, ezTime stores everything it knows about a timezone as two strings. One is the official name of the timezone in "Olson" format (like `Europe/Berlin`). That name is used to then update when needed all the other information needed to represent time in that timezone. This is in another string, in so-called "posix" format. It's often a little longer and for Berlin it is `CET-1CEST,M3.4.0/2,M10.4.0/3`. The elements of this string have the following meanings:
Internally, ezTime stores everything it knows about a timezone as two strings. One is the official name of the timezone in "Olson" format (like `Europe/Berlin`). That name is used to then update when needed all the other information needed to represent time in that timezone. This is in another string, in so-called "posix" format. It's often a little longer and for Berlin it is `CET-1CEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3`. The elements of this string have the following meanings:
| Element | meaning |
| ---- | ---- |
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| `-1` | Hours offset from UTC, meaning subtract one hour from this time to get to UTC. (Note offset is often written elsewhere the other way around (so +1 in this case), just to confuse things.) Could also specify minutes, like `-05:30` for India. |
| `CEST` | Name of timezone in Daylight Saving Time (DST), CEST stands for Central European Summer Time |
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