---
name: "DateTime::TimeZone::OffsetOnly"
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::OffsetOnly"
---

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

A DateTime::TimeZone object that just contains an offset

## NAME

DateTime::TimeZone::OffsetOnly - A DateTime::TimeZone object that just contains an offset

## VERSION

version 2.72

## SYNOPSIS

```
  my $offset_tz = DateTime::TimeZone->new( name => '-0300' );
```

## DESCRIPTION

This class is used to provide the DateTime::TimeZone API needed by DateTime.pm, but with a fixed offset.  An object in this class always returns the same offset as was given in its constructor, regardless of the date.

## USAGE

This class has the same methods as a real time zone object, but the `category()` method returns undef.

### DateTime::TimeZone::OffsetOnly-\>new ( offset =\> $offset )

The value given to the offset parameter must be a string such as "+0300". Strings will be converted into numbers by the `DateTime::TimeZone::offset_as_seconds()` function.

### $tz-\>offset\_for\_datetime( $datetime )

No matter what date is given, the offset provided to the constructor is always used.

### $tz-\>name()

This returns the offset string form.

### $tz-\>short\_name\_for\_datetime()

This returns the offset string form.

## 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.