timezone.location() function
timezone.location() returns a location record based on a location or timezone name.
Function type signature
(name: string) => {zone: string, offset: duration}
For more information, see Function type signatures.
Parameters
name
(Required) Location name (as defined by your operating system timezone database).
Examples
Return a timezone-based location record
import "timezone"
timezone.location(name: "America/Los_Angeles")// Returns {offset: 0ns, zone: "America/Los_Angeles"}
Set the location option using a timezone-based location
import "timezone"
option location = timezone.location(name: "America/Los_Angeles")
The location option only affects boundaries used for windowing, specifically around time shifts
like daylight savings. It does not change timestamps in the _time column, which are always UTC.
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