I have got a response from my colleagues, that the time offset can not be used
to establish correct time zone. The offset depends on a season and other
factors. A user can change a time zone through "Date/Time Properties" window
for NT. It means you need to ask the user what time zone he / she wants to
use.
Peter Alfors wrote:
> oops,
> should be a lowercase 'z'
>
> getTimezoneOffset()
>
> Peter Alfors wrote:
>
> > I have not tried this yet, but according to the books, it should work.
> >
> > function getTimeZoneOffset()
> > {
> > var date = new Date();
> > var offset = date.getTimeZoneOffset();
> > alert(offset);
> > }
> >
> > This is the offset (in minutes) from GMT/UTC.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Pete
> >
> > Maya Muchnik wrote:
> >
> > > Please, provide a javascript code how to do this.
> > >
> > > Peter Alfors wrote:
> > >
> > > > It appears that the time-zone offset could be retrieved via javascript
> > > > on a startup page, then entered in to the users session through an
> > > > action class / hidden field combo.
> > > >
> > > > Its ugly, but it would work.
> > > >
> > > > Any better ideas?
