off_gmt Parameter

off_gmt is the number of hours difference from GMT (aka UTC). These are the number of hours to be added to GMT/UTC to obtain local time for each grid cell. Sample offsets are listed in the table below. since UTC does not use any daylight savings adjustment, the gmt offset will decrease by one hour for those areas using daylight savings. For example, Eastern Standard Time (EST) changes from GMT-5 hours to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) at GMT-4 hours.<\P>

Table of GMT Offsets in hours

ZoneCity or Area Zone Crosses
GMT-12 Eniwetok
GMT-11 Samoa
GMT-10 Hawaii
GMT-9 Alaska
GMT-8 PST, Pacific US
GMT-7 MST, Mountain US
GMT-6 CST, Central US
GMT-5 EST, Eastern US
GMT-4 Atlantic, Canada
GMT-3 Brazilia, Buenos Aries
GMT-2 Mid-Atlantic
GMT-1 Cape Verdes
GMT Greenwich Mean Time, Dublin
GMT+1 Berlin, Rome
GMT+2 Israel, Cairo
GMT+3 Moscow, Kuwait
GMT+4 Abu Dhabi, Muscat
GMT+5 Islamabad, Karachi
GMT+6 Almaty, Dhaka
GMT+7 Bangkok, Jakarta
GMT+8 Hong Kong, Beijing
GMT+9 Tokyo, Osaka
GMT+10 Sydney, Melbourne, Guam
GMT+11 Magadan, Soloman Is.
GMT+12 Fiji, Wellington, Auckland
Table copied from Texas A&M University Institute for Scientific Computation Web Page.
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Last modified: Wed Oct 4 17:46:54 PDT 2000