# 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

```java
<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.

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

```

### Additional Examples

[Run Example](https://try.boxlang.io/?code=eJxLKc0t0FBwTy0JycxNjcrPS%2FXMS8vX0FTQtOYCAIYsCLU%3D)

```java
dump( GetTimeZoneInfo() );

```

## Related

* [ClearTimezone](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/cleartimezone.md)
* [CreateDate](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createdate.md)
* [CreateDateTime](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createdatetime.md)
* [CreateODBCDate](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createodbcdate.md)
* [CreateODBCDateTime](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createodbcdatetime.md)
* [CreateODBCTime](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createodbctime.md)
* [CreateTime](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createtime.md)
* [CreateTimeSpan](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/createtimespan.md)
* [DateAdd](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dateadd.md)
* [DateCompare](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/datecompare.md)
* [DateConvert](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dateconvert.md)
* [DateDiff](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/datediff.md)
* [DateFormat](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dateformat.md)
* [DatePart](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/datepart.md)
* [DateTimeFormat](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/datetimeformat.md)
* [Day](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/day.md)
* [DayOfWeek](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dayofweek.md)
* [DayOfWeekAsString](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dayofweekasstring.md)
* [DayOfWeekShortAsString](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dayofweekshortasstring.md)
* [DayOfYear](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/dayofyear.md)
* [DaysInMonth](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/daysinmonth.md)
* [DaysInYear](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/daysinyear.md)
* [FirstDayOfMonth](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/firstdayofmonth.md)
* [GetNumericDate](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/getnumericdate.md)
* [GetTime](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/gettime.md)
* [GetTimezone](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/gettimezone.md)
* [Hour](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/hour.md)
* [Millisecond](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/millisecond.md)
* [Minute](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/minute.md)
* [Month](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/month.md)
* [MonthAsString](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/monthasstring.md)
* [MonthShortAsString](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/monthshortasstring.md)
* [Nanosecond](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/nanosecond.md)
* [Now](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/now.md)
* [Offset](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/offset.md)
* [ParseDateTime](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/parsedatetime.md)
* [Quarter](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/quarter.md)
* [Second](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/second.md)
* [SetTimezone](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/settimezone.md)
* [TimeFormat](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/timeformat.md)
* [TimeUnits](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/timeunits.md)
* [Week](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/week.md)
* [Year](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/temporal/year.md)


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