Bias Element (Regional Settings)
Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2010
Contains the bias, in minutes, that a time zone differs from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or the bias, in minutes, that standard time or daylight saving time for a time zone differs from UTC. Used in TIMEZONE.XML (%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14\CONFIG).
<Bias>
</Bias>
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
---|---|
None |
N/A |
Child Elements
None |
Parent Elements
Occurrences
Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1 |
Example
The following example from the file TIMEZONE.XML uses the Bias element to define a time zone.
<TimeZone ID="13" Name="(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US and Canada);
Tijuana" Hidden="FALSE">
<Bias>480</Bias>
<StandardTime>
<Bias>0</Bias>
<Date>
<Month>10</Month>
<Day>5</Day>
<Hour>2</Hour>
</Date>
</StandardTime>
<DaylightTime>
<Bias>-60</Bias>
<Date>
<Month>4</Month>
<Day>1</Day>
<Hour>2</Hour>
</Date>
</DaylightTime>
</TimeZone>