UTC Offset
Explicit UTC offset string (e.g., "UTC +05:00"). Used in configuration files and human-readable timezone displays.
UTC Offset
datetime.offset.utcExplicit UTC offset string (e.g., "UTC +05:00"). Used in configuration files and human-readable timezone displays.
Domain
datetime
Category
offset
Casts to
VARCHAR
Scope
Universal
Try it
CLI
$ finetype infer -i "UTC +05:00" --mode column
→ datetime.offset.utcDuckDB
Detect
SELECT ft_infer('UTC +05:00');
-- → 'datetime.offset.utc'Cast expression
{col}Safe cast pipeline
-- Normalise and cast in one step
SELECT TRY_CAST(ft_cast(my_column) AS VARCHAR) AS clean_value
FROM my_table
WHERE ft_infer(my_column) = 'datetime.offset.utc';JSON Schema
finetype taxonomy datetime.offset.utc -o json-schema
{
"$id": "https://meridian.online/schemas/datetime.offset.utc",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"description": "Explicit UTC offset string (e.g., \"UTC +05: 00\"). Used in configuration files and human-readable timezone displays.",
"examples": [
"UTC +05: 00",
"UTC -08: 00",
"UTC +00: 00"
],
"pattern": "^UTC [+-]\\d{2}:\\d{2}$",
"title": "UTC Offset",
"type": "string",
"x-finetype-label": "datetime.offset.utc",
"x-finetype-pii": false
}Examples
UTC +05:00UTC -08:00UTC +00:00Aliases
gmt_offset