FUNCTION::TZ_GMTOFF(3stap)

💖 FUNCTION::TZ_GMTOFF 💖

okay bestie, so this one lives in the Time utility functions corner of the SystemTap tapset reference — page FUNCTION::TZ_GMTOFF(3stap), if you're being formal about it. it's a tiny little function with one job and it does it flawlessly. no notes. 🕰️✨

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✨ NAME ✨

function::tz_gmtoff — return local time zone offset 🌍

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

tz_gmtoff()

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

None 💅

like, literally zero. she takes no arguments. she needs no arguments. she simply knows. 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea: tz_gmtoff() returns the local time zone offset — measured in seconds west of UTC — and it's exactly the value that was passed by staprun at script startup only.

bestie, that "at script startup only" part is the whole vibe. this isn't a live reading that updates as you go — it's a snapshot from when your script first started up, courtesy of staprun. so if your timezone situation changes mid-run (pls don't, but hypothetically), this function is not the one tracking it. periodt. 🙈

and that's it! that's the whole function. short, sweet, iconic, does exactly one thing. ate and left no crumbs 🍓

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• tapset::tzinfo(3stap)

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and that's a wrap on this little cutie 🫶 this page came to you straight outta the SystemTap Tapset Reference manual, dated September 2026 — big love to the SystemTap girlies who wrote it, mwah 💋✨