zone_offset(zone, year=self.now.year)
public
Return the number of seconds the specified time zone differs from UTC.
Numeric time zones that include minutes, such as -10:00 or +1330 will work, as will simpler hour-only time zones like -10 or +13.
Textual time zones listed in ZoneOffset are also supported.
If the time zone does not match any of the above, zone_offset will check if the local time zone (both with and without potential Daylight Saving Time changes being in effect) matches zone. Specifying a value for year will change the year used to find the local time zone.
If zone_offset is unable to determine the offset, nil will be returned.