From a880128abe93a0c4bd28c72c2ea62a8e42865524 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrei Zmievski <andrei@php.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:10:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Document the standardization of offset sign.

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@39664 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 functions/datetime.xml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/functions/datetime.xml b/functions/datetime.xml
index f14639259d..63197738b0 100644
--- a/functions/datetime.xml
+++ b/functions/datetime.xml
@@ -218,7 +218,9 @@
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
        <simpara>
-        Z - timezone offset in seconds (i.e. "-43200" to "43200")
+		Z - timezone offset in seconds (i.e. "-43200" to "43200"). The offset
+		for timezones west of UTC is always negative, and for those east of
+		UTC is always positive.
        </simpara>
       </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>