>>OK. But I still haven't come across an offset that is not an exact number of hours (although I think there are a couple of time zones with a 30 minute offset) so I don't know how an offset with an odd five minutes would be useful. IAC, not important........
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>So, basically, what you're saying is that the last part, which includes the minutes portion, should be either 00 or 30. Is that correct?

Well certainly can't think of a case where anything other than those would be valid in the real world.....