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Chapter Five — General Functions (continued)

GetTimeZoneInformation Function

Overview

The GetTimeZoneInformation function returns the computer’s local time shift as bias minutes from GMT or UTC.

Syntax/Parameters

Syntax

string [] = GetTimeZoneInformation ( [string zone] );

Parameters

zone

An optional string specifying the full name of a time zone to retrieve the bias. If omitted, the local time zone is used.

Return Value

Returns a string array with various time zone parameters or an empty array on failure. Use GetLastError to retrieve a formatted error code.

Remarks

An array is returned with information about the current time zone and parameters regarding daylight savings time switch over. The keys are as follows:

	Key Name		Description
	current_bias		A decimal string representing current time zone bias from UTC.
	standard_name		Standard time name, verbose, UTF-8. A description for standard time. For example, Eastern Standard Time indicated “EST”. This string can be empty.
	standard_bias		The bias value to be used during local time translations that occur during standard time. This member is ignored if a value for the standard_switch_over value is “none”. This value is added to the value of the current_bias value to form the bias used during standard time. In most time zones, the value of this member is zero.
	standard_switch_over		A text description of the switch over date in the form of the day of the week and time. For example: First Sunday of November at 02:00 AM If the switch over is not supported, the value will be “none”
	daylight_name		Daylight time name, verbose, UTF-8. A description for standard time. For example, Eastern Daylight Time indicated “EDT”. This string can be empty.
	daylight_bias		The bias value to be used during local time translations that occur during standard time. This member is ignored if a value for the daylight_switch_over value is “none”. This value is added to the value of the current_bias value to form the bias used during standard time. In most time zones, the value of this member is zero.
	daylight_switch_over		A text description of the switch over date in the form of the day of the week and time. For example:  First Monday of March at 02:00 AM If the switch over is not supported the value will be “none”

 

This function ignores a locale override for the application.

Related Functions

EnumerateTimeZones — Returns a list of all known time zones for the system.

GetLocalTimeForZone — Gets the local time and date for a specific zone.

GetTimeZoneOverride — Returns Time Zone Override.

GetTimeZoneBias — Returns the difference between the locale and UTC in minutes.

IsDaylightSavingsTime — Tests whether the current locale is operating under daylight savings time.

Platform Support

Go13, Go16, GoFiler Complete, GoFiler Corporate, GoFiler, GoFiler Lite, GoXBRL

Legato IDE, Legato Basic

 

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