Time Zone Offset generator

Last modified: April 3, 2025

The Time Zone Offset generator creates values representing coordinated time offsets. It generates a variety of offset formats to simulate global time differences, ensuring accurate and realistic test data for applications requiring time zone calculations and conversions.

Generator properties

The table provides key details about the generator, including the short name, sample of the generated data, the supported data types, and whether it is specific to a particular country.

Short name	Example of generated data	Data type matching	Country-specific
TZ Offset	UTC, UTC+09:30, UTC-10, UTC+02, UTC-11…	character varyingcharacter	Default

Matching rules

The generator can be assigned to a column whose name starts with ‘time’ and ends with zone, with any or no characters in between, regardless of the table name.

Configure additional settings

The generator produces data based on a regular expression. Since it is built on the RegExp generator, see Regular Expression generator to customize settings and understand the correct usage of syntax.

The Text box displays a .csv file with time zone codes. The default path to the file is C:\Users\Public\Documents\Devart\dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL\Data Generators\TimeZones.csv[2].