st:timeZoneBias

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Contains the difference, in minutes, between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the end user’s current local time.

Syntax

<timeZoneBias>...</timeZoneBias>

Attributes

None

Tag Content

Default Value

Data Type

Description

none

long

Contains a value representing the difference, in minutes, between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the device’s local time.

Parent Element

Element

Description

st:state

The state element.

Child Elements

None

Remarks

Note

This element is introduced in the Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 release.

The time zone bias is the difference, in minutes, between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the end user’s current local time. All translations between UTC and local time are based on the following formula:

UTC = local time + bias.

Examples

XML example of the timeZoneBias Element

<state xsi:type="aggregateState" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2006/09/sip/state">
  <availability>3500</availability>
  <delimiter xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2006/09/sip/commontypes" />
  <timeZoneBias>420</timeZoneBias>
  <timeZoneName>Pacific Daylight Time</description>
  <timeZoneAbbreviation>PDT</timeZoneAbbreviation>
  <end xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2006/09/sip/commontypes" />
</state>