Word origin · etymology
Abbreviation plus descriptive English noun.
Offset means a displacement from a reference; UTC identifies the reference against which civil clock time is displaced.
How we know · epistemology
Date-dependent civil quantity
The offset follows the clock rules at a particular instant. Two dates in the same city may have different offsets, so storing only today’s value can misidentify a birth instant.
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