Date().getTimezoneOffset() : getTimezoneOffset : Date JAVASCRIPT TUTORIALS

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Date().getTimezoneOffset()

The getTimezoneOffset() method returns the difference between the time zones of local time and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

This difference is returned as an integer.

Although this is a method of a Date object, the actual date and time associated with the date is irrelevant because the time zone difference is based on the environment settings.



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<title>Determine Time Zone</title>
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<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--

var current_date = new Date();
var current_timezone = current_date.getTimezoneOffset();

document.write("Your time zone is " + current_timezone + " minutes from GMT");

//-->
</script>
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