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<center><h1>Module <a href="type_Time_Zone.html">Time_Zone</a></h1></center>
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<pre><span class="keyword">module</span> Time_Zone: <code class="code"><span class="keyword">sig</span></code> <a href="Time_Zone.html">..</a> <code class="code"><span class="keyword">end</span></code></pre>Time zone management.
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You can <code class="code">change</code> the <code class="code">current</code> time zone in your program by side effect.<br>
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<br><code><span class="keyword">type</span> <a name="TYPEt"></a><code class="type"></code>t = </code><table class="typetable">
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<code><span class="keyword">|</span></code></td>
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<code><span class="constructor">UTC</span></code></td>
<td class="typefieldcomment" align="left" valign="top" ><code>(*</code></td><td class="typefieldcomment" align="left" valign="top" >Greenwich Meridian Time</td><td class="typefieldcomment" align="left" valign="bottom" ><code>*)</code></td>
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<code><span class="keyword">|</span></code></td>
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<code><span class="constructor">Local</span></code></td>
<td class="typefieldcomment" align="left" valign="top" ><code>(*</code></td><td class="typefieldcomment" align="left" valign="top" >Local Time</td><td class="typefieldcomment" align="left" valign="bottom" ><code>*)</code></td>
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<code><span class="constructor">UTC_Plus</span> <span class="keyword">of</span> <code class="type">int</code></code></td>
<td class="typefieldcomment" align="left" valign="top" ><code>(*</code></td><td class="typefieldcomment" align="left" valign="top" >Another time zone specified from UTC</td><td class="typefieldcomment" align="left" valign="bottom" ><code>*)</code></td>
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Type of a time zone.<br>
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<pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALcurrent"></a>current : <code class="type">unit -> <a href="Time_Zone.html#TYPEt">t</a></code></pre><div class="info">
Return the current time zone. It is <code class="code"><span class="constructor">UTC</span></code> before any change.<br>
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<pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALchange"></a>change : <code class="type"><a href="Time_Zone.html#TYPEt">t</a> -> unit</code></pre><div class="info">
Change the current time zone by another one.
Raise <code class="code"><span class="constructor">Invalid_argument</span></code> if the specified time zone is <code class="code"><span class="constructor">UTC_Plus</span> x</code> with
<code class="code">x < -12</code> or <code class="code">x > 11</code><br>
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<pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALgap"></a>gap : <code class="type"><a href="Time_Zone.html#TYPEt">t</a> -> <a href="Time_Zone.html#TYPEt">t</a> -> int</code></pre><div class="info">
Return the gap between two time zone.<br>
<b>Example:</b> <code class="code">gap <span class="constructor">UTC</span> (<span class="constructor">UTC_Plus</span> 5)</code> returns 5 and, at Paris in summer,
<code class="code">gap <span class="constructor">Local</span> <span class="constructor">UTC</span></code> returns -2.<br>
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<pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALfrom_gmt"></a>from_gmt : <code class="type">unit -> int</code></pre><div class="info">
<code class="code">from_gmt ()</code> is equivalent to <code class="code">gap <span class="constructor">UTC</span> (current ())</code>.<br>
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<pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALto_gmt"></a>to_gmt : <code class="type">unit -> int</code></pre><div class="info">
<code class="code">to_gmt ()</code> is equivalent to <code class="code">gap (current ()) <span class="constructor">UTC</span></code>.<br>
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<pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALis_dst"></a>is_dst : <code class="type">unit -> bool</code></pre><div class="info">
<code class="code">is_dst ()</code> checks if daylight saving time is in effect.
Only relevant in local time.
Returns alway <code class="code"><span class="keyword">false</span></code> in another time zone.<br>
<b>Since</b> 1.09.4<br>
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<pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALhour_of_dst"></a>hour_of_dst : <code class="type">unit -> int</code></pre><div class="info">
<code class="code">hour_of_dst ()</code> returns <code class="code">1</code> if <code class="code">is_dst ()</code> and <code class="code">0</code> otherwise.<br>
<b>Since</b> 1.09.4<br>
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<pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALon"></a>on : <code class="type">('a -> 'b) -> <a href="Time_Zone.html#TYPEt">t</a> -> 'a -> 'b</code></pre><div class="info">
<code class="code">on f tz x</code> changes the time zone to <code class="code">tz</code>, then computes <code class="code">f x</code>, and
finally reset the time zone to the initial one and returns the result of
the computation.<br>
<b>Since</b> 2.0<br>
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