docs: function getOffset(offset) {
  
              var symbol = offset.charAt(0);
              var time = offset.substring(1).split(':');
              var hours = Number.parseInt(time[0], 10) * 60;
              var minutes = Number.parseInt(time[1], 10);
              var total = Number.parseInt(symbol + (hours + minutes));
  
              return total;
  
          }