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Date.getTimezoneOffset
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
mydate
.getTimezoneOffset()
Parameters
None.
Returns
An integer.
Description
Method; returns the difference, in minutes, between the computer's local time and universal time.
Example
The following example returns the difference between the local daylight saving time for San Francisco and universal time. Daylight savings time is factored into the returned result only if the date defined in the Date object is during the daylight saving time.
trace(new Date().getTimezoneOffset());
// 420 is displayed in the Output window
// (7 hours * 60 minutes/hour = 420 minutes)
// This example is Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, GMT-0700).
// Result will vary depending on locale and time of year.
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