Getting client TimeZone name in JavaScript 
January 29th, 2008, 09:04 AM
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i want to get client TimeZone name .for ex .if i am changing my timezone to CST it should change in my prgm thru javascript,and then it has to show the TimeZone name and current time also..
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January 29th, 2008, 09:52 AM
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Welcome to TheScripts!
Use the Date object methods.
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February 5th, 2008, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by acoder | not the time.. i want to get the timezone name .. for Ex.. now i am using IST ,if i am changing the India Standard Time to Eastern standad Time it has To change to EST ..
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February 5th, 2008, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by praveen1983 not the time.. i want to get the timezone name .. for Ex.. now i am using IST ,if i am changing the India Standard Time to Eastern standad Time it has To change to EST .. | Make use of getTimezoneOffset(), toLocaleString(), etc. to calculate it yourself.
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February 6th, 2008, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by acoder Make use of getTimezoneOffset(), toLocaleString(), etc. to calculate it yourself. | i dont want a time.. i need a Eastern standard time this name to be changed..when i change my timezone to another
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February 6th, 2008, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by praveen1983 i dont want a time.. i need a Eastern standard time this name to be changed..when i change my timezone to another | I know you want a timezone name rather than a time. What I'm saying is that you'll have to calculate the name of the timezone using the time.
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February 7th, 2008, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by acoder I know you want a timezone name rather than a time. What I'm saying is that you'll have to calculate the name of the timezone using the time. | k.. thank u for ur posts & replies
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February 7th, 2008, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by praveen1983 k.. thank u for ur posts & replies | No problem, glad to help. Post your solution here or, if you get stuck, post your code.
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March 27th, 2008, 07:28 PM
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I have the similar issue:
I want to get the time zone name from JavaScript and use that in Java.
TimeZone tz =TimeZone.getTimeZone("timezonenamegotfromjavascript");
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Thanks for your help.
- jd
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March 31st, 2008, 07:10 AM
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Read the answer I gave earlier. You'll have to program it yourself based on the time zone offset.
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