django 1.4 how to automatically get user's timezone from client

Question

I would like to know if there is a way to automatically retrieve user\'s timezone from client. Especially during login.

I tried to add this in the login page (using

Answer 1

I was hunting around for the sam thing yesterday. In the end I ended up putting together a Django app to what BluesRockAddict suggests above (i.e. use getTimezoneOffset):

https://github.com/adamcharnock/django-tz-detect

I hope someone finds that useful.