localMeanTimeOffset

A method that will return the location's local mean time offset in milliseconds from local standard time. The globe is split into 360, with 15 per hour of the day. For a local that is at a longitude that is evenly divisible by 15 (longitude % 15 == 0), at solar com.kosherjava.zmanim.AstronomicalCalendar.getSunTransit (with adjustment for the equation of time) the sun should be directly overhead, so a user who is 1 west of this will have noon at 4 minutes after standard time noon, and conversely, a user who is 1 east of the 15 longitude will have noon at 11:56 AM. Lakewood, N.J., whose longitude is -74.2094, is 0.7906 away from the closest multiple of 15 at -75. This is multiplied by 4 to yield 3 minutes and 10 seconds earlier than standard time. The offset returned does not account for the Daylight saving time offset since this class is unaware of dates.

Return

the offset in milliseconds not accounting for Daylight saving time. A positive value will be returned East of the 15 timezone line, and a negative value West of it.

Since

1.1