How can I get the timezone name in JavaScript?

Question

I know how to get the timezone offset, but what I need is the ability to detect something like \"America/New York.\" Is that even possible from JavaScript or is that somethi

Answer 1

You can simply write your own code by using the mapping table here: http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/

or, use moment-timezone library: http://momentjs.com/timezone/docs/

See zone.name; // America/Los_Angeles

or, this library: https://github.com/Canop/tzdetect.js