--- a/AbstractOperatingSystem.st	Thu Jun 16 10:40:29 2005 +0200
+++ b/AbstractOperatingSystem.st	Thu Jun 16 10:41:42 2005 +0200
@@ -5732,6 +5732,14 @@
 !
 
 utcOffset
+    "return the difference between UTC (Greenwich Mean Time) and the local time in seconds.
+     If daylight saving time applies to ourself, take that into account.
+     Add utcOffset to convert from local time to UTC time.
+     Subtract utcOffset to convert from UTC time to local time.
+
+     If utcOffset is negative, the local timezone is east of Greenwich.
+     If utcOffset is positive, the local timezone is west of Greenwich."
+
     ^ utcOffset
 !
 
@@ -5773,7 +5781,7 @@
 !AbstractOperatingSystem class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/AbstractOperatingSystem.st,v 1.143 2005-03-31 12:02:45 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/AbstractOperatingSystem.st,v 1.144 2005-06-16 08:41:42 stefan Exp $'
 ! !
 
 AbstractOperatingSystem initialize!