Pastable version of A DST-adjusted UTC offset

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            <pre class="sunburst"><span style="color:#AEAEAE;font-style:italic;"><span style="color:#AEAEAE;font-style:italic;">#</span> Note: Kuwait does not use DST.  </span>
<span style="color:#AEAEAE;font-style:italic;"><span style="color:#AEAEAE;font-style:italic;">#</span> See how the utc_offset value represents </span>
<span style="color:#AEAEAE;font-style:italic;"><span style="color:#AEAEAE;font-style:italic;">#</span> the Standard Time offset for Dublin.</span>

<span style="color:#E28964;">&gt;&gt;</span> <span style="color:#9B859D;">TimeZone</span>[<span style="color:#65B042;"><span style="color:#65B042;">&quot;</span>Kuwait<span style="color:#65B042;">&quot;</span></span>].<span style="color:#89BDFF;">class</span>
=&gt; <span style="color:#3E87E3;">TzinfoTimezone</span>
<span style="color:#E28964;">&gt;&gt;</span> <span style="color:#9B859D;">TimeZone</span>[<span style="color:#65B042;"><span style="color:#65B042;">&quot;</span>Kuwait<span style="color:#65B042;">&quot;</span></span>].<span style="color:#89BDFF;">utc_offset</span><span style="color:#E28964;">/</span><span style="color:#3387CC;">60</span><span style="color:#E28964;">/</span><span style="color:#3387CC;">60</span>
=&gt; <span style="color:#3387CC;">3</span>
<span style="color:#E28964;">&gt;&gt;</span> <span style="color:#9B859D;">TimeZone</span>[<span style="color:#65B042;"><span style="color:#65B042;">&quot;</span>Dublin<span style="color:#65B042;">&quot;</span></span>].<span style="color:#89BDFF;">utc_offset</span><span style="color:#E28964;">/</span><span style="color:#3387CC;">60</span><span style="color:#E28964;">/</span><span style="color:#3387CC;">60</span>
=&gt; <span style="color:#3387CC;">0</span>
<span style="color:#E28964;">&gt;&gt;</span> <span style="color:#9B859D;">Time</span>.<span style="color:#89BDFF;">now</span>.<span style="color:#89BDFF;">utc</span>
=&gt; <span style="color:#3E87E3;">Thu</span> <span style="color:#3E87E3;">Oct</span> <span style="color:#3387CC;">25</span> <span style="color:#3387CC;">04</span>:<span style="color:#3387CC;">09</span>:<span style="color:#3387CC;">57</span> <span style="color:#3E87E3;">UTC</span> <span style="color:#3387CC;">2007</span>
<span style="color:#E28964;">&gt;&gt;</span> <span style="color:#9B859D;">TimeZone</span>[<span style="color:#65B042;"><span style="color:#65B042;">&quot;</span>Kuwait<span style="color:#65B042;">&quot;</span></span>].<span style="color:#89BDFF;">now</span>
=&gt; <span style="color:#3E87E3;">Thu</span> <span style="color:#3E87E3;">Oct</span> <span style="color:#3387CC;">25</span> <span style="color:#3387CC;">07</span>:<span style="color:#3387CC;">10</span>:<span style="color:#3387CC;">14</span> <span style="color:#3E87E3;">UTC</span> <span style="color:#3387CC;">2007</span>
<span style="color:#E28964;">&gt;&gt;</span> <span style="color:#9B859D;">TimeZone</span>[<span style="color:#65B042;"><span style="color:#65B042;">&quot;</span>Dublin<span style="color:#65B042;">&quot;</span></span>].<span style="color:#89BDFF;">now</span>
=&gt; <span style="color:#3E87E3;">Thu</span> <span style="color:#3E87E3;">Oct</span> <span style="color:#3387CC;">25</span> <span style="color:#3387CC;">05</span>:<span style="color:#3387CC;">10</span>:<span style="color:#3387CC;">08</span> <span style="color:#3E87E3;">UTC</span> <span style="color:#3387CC;">2007</span>

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            <span style="margin:0;padding:4px 6px;font-size:12px;float:right;">Method to return DST adjusted UTC offset</span>
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            <pre class="sunburst"><span style="color:#E28964;">def</span> <span style="color:#89BDFF;">dst_utc_offset</span>(<span style="color:#3E87E3;">zone_name</span>)
  zone        <span style="color:#E28964;">=</span> <span style="color:#9B859D;">TimeZone</span>[zone_name]
  <span style="color:#9B859D;">TzTime</span>.<span style="color:#89BDFF;">zone</span> <span style="color:#E28964;">=</span> zone
<span style="color:#AEAEAE;font-style:italic;">  <span style="color:#AEAEAE;font-style:italic;">#</span> If Daylight Savings Time, add an hour (3600 seconds) to the offset.</span>
  <span style="color:#9B859D;">TzTime</span>.<span style="color:#89BDFF;">now</span>.<span style="color:#89BDFF;">dst?</span> <span style="color:#E28964;">?</span> zone.<span style="color:#89BDFF;">utc_offset</span> <span style="color:#E28964;">+</span> <span style="color:#3387CC;">3600</span> : zone.<span style="color:#89BDFF;">utc_offset</span>
<span style="color:#E28964;">end</span>
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