JavaScript help

So I am on PST time (UTC -8), but my browser (Firefox 4.0) is reporting 420 minutes through the getTimezoneOffset() date function. 420 minutes divided by 60 gives me seven hours, so I'm wondering why they don't match. Also, why are the minutes not negative? I would expect it to return -480.

For the record, my system clock is set correctly and other functions like getHours() and getMinutes() work correctly. Is this just a daylight savings time issue? I'm okay with that, but why isn't it negative?

DST

GMT-4

>>1
420 minutes
S M O K E
W E E D
E V E R Y D A Y

Huh, helpful. I guess this is why the text boards are so popular. Next time I'll be sure to argue about which esoteric programming language is the best so you morons have something to talk about.

>>5
Codan is the best, as dictated by XARN.

>>5
It's Lisp.

>>7
Your version of esoteric must be deprecated.

>>5
JS is not programming.

>>9
Neither is this.

>>10
Neither is this.

>>5-
Shut the fuck up.

OP: you are a retard for not posting this on stackoverflow. now go there and leave us alone

also fucking aged, tired of n00bs treating /prog/ like it's a support forum... you don't fucking pay us and we don't even get points or karma.. WTFF U EXPECT?

JavaScript is cancer and you should die.

>>14
fuck off. javascript is the best programming language. it just needs to be implemented on a lower level. someday I'll make a JavaScript OS.

>>15
You've obviously never worked as a computer programmer for a living before.