The coordinated universal time offset (QUTCOFFSET) is used to show the number of degrees, in hours and minutes, by which your local system differs from the zero meridian.
This value is used by the system when processing alerts that are sent to other systems, as well as by other parts of the system. If systems in a network cross time zones, the QUTCOFFSET value is sent in the alert.
This value is 5 characters long. The first character is a plus (+) sign or minus (-) sign. The next 2 characters specify hours ranging from 00 through 24. The last two characters specify minutes ranging from 00 through 59.
For example, you have a network with one system in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Eastern Australia standard time zone) and one system in Caracas, Venezuela. You can set QUTCOFFSET to +1000 for the Brisbane system and to -0400 for the Caracas system.
The Brisbane system value should be changed each time the daylight saving time begins or ends. Caracas, Venezuela does not observe a daylight saving time, and its system value remains constant.
If you change this value, the change takes effect immediately.