---
name: "DateTime::TimeZone::Floating"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-datetime-timezone"
version: "2.72-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/DateTime::TimeZone::Floating"
---

# DateTime::TimeZone::Floating(3pm)

A time zone that is always local

## NAME

DateTime::TimeZone::Floating - A time zone that is always local

## VERSION

version 2.72

## SYNOPSIS

```
  my $floating_tz = DateTime::TimeZone::Floating->new;
```

## DESCRIPTION

This class is used to provide the DateTime::TimeZone API needed by DateTime.pm, but for floating times, as defined by the RFC 2445 spec. A floating time has no time zone, and has an effective offset of zero.

## USAGE

This class has the same methods as a real time zone object. The `short_name_for_datetime()` method returns the string "floating" and the `category()` method returns `"undef"`.

## SUPPORT

Bugs may be submitted at \<https://github.com/houseabsolute/DateTime-TimeZone/issues\>.

## SOURCE

The source code repository for DateTime-TimeZone can be found at \<https://github.com/houseabsolute/DateTime-TimeZone\>.

## AUTHOR

Dave Rolsky \<autarch@urth.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Dave Rolsky.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the *LICENSE* file included with this distribution.