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How can I detect timezone and whether daylight saving is applied on a client
PC/server using VB.NET?

Thanks

Bill
Nov 27 '06 #1
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Dim t As TimeZone = System.TimeZone .CurrentTimeZon e
Dim dls as boolean = t.IsDaylightSav ingTime(Now)

Bill Nguyen schreef:
How can I detect timezone and whether daylight saving is applied on a client
PC/server using VB.NET?

Thanks

Bill
Nov 27 '06 #2
Hey Bill,

Check out the System.Timezone class. If that doesn't have what you
need, a chap called Michael Brumm has extended it to add some
functionality - http://www.michaelbrumm.com/simpletimezone.html

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:00:02 -0800, "Bill Nguyen"
<bi************ *****@jaco.comw rote:
>How can I detect timezone and whether daylight saving is applied on a client
PC/server using VB.NET?

Thanks

Bill
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Nov 27 '06 #3
Thanks Michel and Rad.

tz.getUtcOffset .totalHours works great!

One quick question: Do I really need to worry about saving time at all or
..getUtcOffset will detect it automatically?

Thanks again

Bill

"Michel van den Berg" <mv*@promontis. nlwrote in message
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Dim t As TimeZone = System.TimeZone .CurrentTimeZon e
Dim dls as boolean = t.IsDaylightSav ingTime(Now)

Bill Nguyen schreef:
>How can I detect timezone and whether daylight saving is applied on a
client
PC/server using VB.NET?

Thanks

Bill

Nov 27 '06 #4
Your pc clock will auto update daylightsaving if needed. So IMO it will
detect it automatically. Do keep in mind, that if you have multiple
apps running on different pc's, time settings could be different.

Bill Nguyen schreef:
Thanks Michel and Rad.

tz.getUtcOffset .totalHours works great!

One quick question: Do I really need to worry about saving time at all or
.getUtcOffset will detect it automatically?

Thanks again

Bill

"Michel van den Berg" <mv*@promontis. nlwrote in message
news:11******** *************@f 16g2000cwb.goog legroups.com...
Dim t As TimeZone = System.TimeZone .CurrentTimeZon e
Dim dls as boolean = t.IsDaylightSav ingTime(Now)

Bill Nguyen schreef:
How can I detect timezone and whether daylight saving is applied on a
client
PC/server using VB.NET?

Thanks

Bill
Nov 28 '06 #5

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