How To Calculate Symbol's UTC Number

Various methods to calculate a symbol's timezone offset as a numerical value in hours and decimal minutes. This value may be useful to script authors in certain situations where timezone information needs to be available in a numerical format while using intraday charts. Special thanks to @LucF and TradingView Support for their efficiency advisements!


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