GetTimezoneInfo

Retrieves a struct of information about the timezone

Method Signature

GetTimezoneInfo(timezone=[string], locale=[string])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
timezone	string	false	optional, a specific timezone to retrieve information on
locale	string	false	optional, a specific locale for language output of the timezone name fields

Examples

Output timezone information

This example shows the use of GetTimeZoneInfo

<bx:output>
The local date and time are #now()#.
</bx:output>
<bx:set info = GetTimeZoneInfo() >
<bx:output>
<p>Total offset in seconds is #info.UTCTOTALOFFSET#.</p>
<p>Offset in hours is #info.UTCHOUROFFSET#.</p>
<p>Offset in minutes minus the offset in hours is #info.UTCMINUTEOFFSET#.</p>
<p>Is Daylight Savings Time in effect? #info.ISDSTON#.</p>
</bx:output>

Get Hawaii timezone information in German

Shows the use of getTimeZoneInfo for a known / specific timezone with German locale.

<bx:script>
	var tz = getTimeZoneInfo( "US/Hawaii", "de-DE" );
</bx:script>

Additional Examples

Run Example

dump( GetTimeZoneInfo() );

Related

• CreateTimeSpan

• SetTimezone

• DateCompare

• Now

• DateDiff

• CreateTime

• ClearTimezone

• DateAdd

• Year

• Quarter

• Month

• MonthAsString

• MonthShortAsString

• Day

• DayOfWeek

• DayOfWeekAsString

• DayOfWeekShortAsString

• DaysInMonth

• DaysInYear

• DayOfYear

• FirstDayOfMonth

• Week

• Hour

• Minute

• Second

• Millisecond

• Nanosecond

• Offset

• GetTimezone

• GetNumericDate

• GetTime

• CreateDateTime

• CreateDate

• CreateODBCDateTime

• CreateODBCDate

• CreateODBCTime

• DateConvert

• DatePart

• DateTimeFormat

• DateFormat

• TimeFormat

• ParseDateTime