Is timezone just an offset number or “more information”?
问题 I live in a country where they change the time twice a year. That is: there is a period in the year when the offset from UTC is -3 hours (-180 mins) and other period where the offset is -4 hours (-240 mins) Grafically: |------- (offset = -3) -------|------- (offset is -4) -------| start of year mid end of year My question is: the "timezone" is just the number representing the offset? that is: my country has two timezones? or the timezone includes this information? This is important because I