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[Post New]16/07/2010 13:00:15
    Subject: Adding UTC time to timezone webservice
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nr1



Joined: 16/07/2010 12:56:46
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Hi,

can you add the UTC time in response for timezone query?

This would give us the possibility to check the current time against the utc time and therefore to get the current (local) timezone offset compared to utc.


Example:
http://ws.geonames.org/timezone?lat=40.7&lng=-74
[Post New]16/07/2010 16:41:44
    Subject: Re:Adding UTC time to timezone webservice
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saphir



Joined: 05/06/2010 22:44:39
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Hi,

Your system knows your SysTime and your SysOffset to UTC.
TimeZoneQuery returns the LocalTime.

LocalTime - SysTime + SysOffset gives you the LocalOffset to UTC... or the LocalTimeZone

Urs
 
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