.. _functx_duration-from-timezone:

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functx:duration-from-timezone
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Converts a timezone like "-05:00" or "Z" into xs:dayTimeDuration

Description
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The functx:duration-from-timezone function accepts a timezone (as it appears in 
xs:date, xs:time, xs:dateTime etc. values) and converts it to an 
xs:dayTimeDuration value. The $timezone value can be Z, or in the format 
(+|-)HH:MM.

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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - timezone:string()
     - the time zone, in (+|-)HH:MM format

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - functx:duration-from-timezone('Z')
     - PT0S
   * - functx:duration-from-timezone('-05:00')
     - -PT5H
   * - functx:duration-from-timezone('+09:00')
     - PT9H

See Also
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* :ref:`functx_timezone-from-duration`.
* :ref:`timezone-from-time`.
* :ref:`timezone-from-dateTime`.