System.Time.currentTimeZone Property

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03/12/2010

Gets a System.Time.timeZone object that represents the system time zone.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

propVal = System.Time.currentTimeZone()

Parameters

oCurrentTimeZone [out]
Retrieves a System.Time.timeZone instance.

Remarks

Each System.Time.timeZone in the timeZones collection corresponds to the system time zones itemized in the Time Zone Settings dialog.

The following image shows the Time Zone Settings dialog.

Time Zone Settings dialog

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use currentTimeZone to get the details for the system time zone.

var oSelectedTimeZone = System.Time.currentTimeZone;
        
// Set the time zone details.
var sTimeZoneDetails = function() 
{
    var sDetails = "";
    sDetails += "Bias: " + oSelectedTimeZone.bias + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "Display Name: " + oSelectedTimeZone.displayName + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "DST Bias: " + oSelectedTimeZone.DSTBias + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "DST Date: " + oSelectedTimeZone.DSTDate + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "DST Display Name: " + oSelectedTimeZone.DSTDisplayName + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "Name: " + oSelectedTimeZone.name + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "Standard Bias: " + oSelectedTimeZone.standardBias + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "Standard Date: " + oSelectedTimeZone.standardDate + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "Standard Display Name: " + oSelectedTimeZone.standardDisplayName;
    return sDetails;
}

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows Vista
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008
DLL	Sidebar.Exe version 1.00 or later