## GTimeZone GTimeZone — A structure representing a time zone |

## Synopsis

    #include <glib.h>

                        GTimeZone;
    void                g_time_zone_unref                   (GTimeZone *tz);
    GTimeZone *              g_time_zone_ref                (GTimeZone *tz);

    GTimeZone *              g_time_zone_new                (const gchar *identifier);
    GTimeZone *              g_time_zone_new_local          (void);
    GTimeZone *              g_time_zone_new_utc            (void);

## Description

GTimeZone is a structure that represents a time zone, at no particular point in time. It is refcounted and immutable.

GTimeZone is available since GLib 2.26.

## Details

### GTimeZone

    typedef struct _GTimeZone GTimeZone;

GDateTime is an opaque structure whose members cannot be accessed directly.

Since 2.26

### g_time_zone_unref ()

    void                g_time_zone_unref                   (GTimeZone *tz);

Decreases the reference count on `tz`.

`tz` : | a GTimeZone

Since 2.26

### g_time_zone_ref ()

    GTimeZone *              g_time_zone_ref                (GTimeZone *tz);

Increases the reference count on `tz`.

`tz` : | a GTimeZone
Returns : | a new reference to `tz`.

Since 2.26

### g_time_zone_new ()

    GTimeZone *              g_time_zone_new                (const gchar *identifier);

Creates a GTimeZone corresponding to `identifier`.

`identifier` can either be an RFC3339/ISO 8601 time offset or something that would pass as a valid value for the `TZ` environment variable (including `NULL`).

Valid RFC3339 time offsets are `"Z"` (for UTC) or `"±hh:mm"`. ISO 8601 additionally specifies `"±hhmm"` and `"±hh"`.

The `TZ` environment variable typically corresponds to the name of a file in the zoneinfo database, but there are many other possibilities. Note that those other possibilities are not currently implemented, but are planned.

`g_time_zone_new_local()` calls this function with the value of the `TZ` environment variable. This function itself is independent of the value of `TZ`, but if `identifier` is `NULL` then `/etc/localtime` will be consulted to discover the correct timezone.

See RFC3339 §5.6 for a precise definition of valid RFC3339 time offsets (the `time-offset` expansion) and ISO 8601 for the full list of valid time offsets. See The GNU C Library manual for an explanation of the possible values of the `TZ` environment variable.

You should release the return value by calling `g_time_zone_unref()` when you are done with it.

`identifier` : | a timezone identifier. [allow-none]
Returns : | the requested timezone

Since 2.26

### g_time_zone_new_local ()

    GTimeZone *              g_time_zone_new_local          (void);

Creates a GTimeZone corresponding to local time.

This is equivalent to calling `g_time_zone_new()` with the value of the `TZ` environment variable (including the possibility of `NULL`). Changes made to `TZ` after the first call to this function may or may not be noticed by future calls.

You should release the return value by calling `g_time_zone_unref()` when you are done with it.

Returns : | the local timezone

Since 2.26

### g_time_zone_new_utc ()

    GTimeZone *              g_time_zone_new_utc            (void);

Creates a GTimeZone corresponding to UTC.

This is equivalent to calling `g_time_zone_new()` with a value like "Z", "UTC", "+00", etc.

You should release the return value by calling `g_time_zone_unref()` when you are done with it.

Returns : | the universal timezone

Since 2.26

## See Also

GDateTime