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The Bias element represents the offset from the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) offset identified by the Bias (UTC) element for standard time and daylight saving time. This value is in minutes.

<Bias>...</Bias>

int

Attributes and elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child elements

None.

Parent elements

Element Description
StandardTime
Represents an offset from the time relative to UTC represented by the Bias (UTC) element. This element also contains information about the transition to standard time from daylight saving time in regions where daylight saving time is observed.

The following are the XPath expressions to the StandardTime element:

/GetUserAvailabilityResponse/FreeBusyResponseArray/FreeBusyResponse/FreeBusyView/WorkingHours/TimeZone/StandardTime

/GetUserAvailabilityRequest/TimeZone/StandardTime
DaylightTime
Represents an offset from the time relative to UTC represented by the Bias (UTC) element in regions where daylight saving time is observed. This element also contains information about when the transition to daylight saving time from standard time occurs.

The following are the XPath expressions to the DaylightTime element:

/GetUserAvailabilityResponse/FreeBusyResponseArray/FreeBusyResponse/FreeBusyView/WorkingHours/TimeZone/DaylightTime

/GetUserAvailabilityRequest/TimeZone/DaylightTime

Text value

A text value is required. The text value represents an integer.

Remarks

The offset used to determine the local time can only be provided by one of the Bias elements. The sum of the values of the Bias element provided by the DaylightTime element or the StandardTime element plus the Bias (UTC) element identifies the local time.

Example

The following example shows part of an XML request that identifies a user who observes daylight saving time by adjusting the offset from UTC by -60 minutes. This effectively makes the bias 420 minutes from UTC.

<TimeZone xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
  <Bias>480</Bias>
  <StandardTime>
    <Bias>0</Bias>
    <Time>02:00:00</Time>
    <DayOrder>5</DayOrder>
    <Month>10</Month>
    <DayOfWeek>Sunday</DayOfWeek>
  </StandardTime>
  <DaylightTime>
    <Bias>-60</Bias>
    <Time>02:00:00</Time>
    <DayOrder>1</DayOrder>
    <Month>4</Month>
    <DayOfWeek>Sunday</DayOfWeek>
  </DaylightTime>
</TimeZone>

Element information

Element Example
Namespace
http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types
Schema Name
Types schema
Validation File
Types.xsd
Can be Empty
False

See also