How to properly store GMT offset?

The solution is pretty simple: Don't do it. Store the related timezone name (e.g. "Europe/Berlin") instead of the GMT offset ("GMT+1").

The common format for that is shhmm where s is the sign, hh are hours and mm are minutes (e.g. , +0530 or -0500).

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