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

In javascript , the Date.getTimezoneOffset() method returns the time-zone offset from UTC, in minutes, for the current locale.

var x = new Date();
var currentTimeZoneOffsetInHours = x.getTimezoneOffset() / 60;

Moment'timezone will be a useful tool. http://momentjs.com/timezone/

Convert Dates Between Timezones

var newYork    = moment.tz("2014-06-01 12:00", "America/New_York");
var losAngeles = newYork.clone().tz("America/Los_Angeles");
var london     = newYork.clone().tz("Europe/London");

newYork.format();    // 2014-06-01T12:00:00-04:00
losAngeles.format(); // 2014-06-01T09:00:00-07:00
london.format();     // 2014-06-01T17:00:00+01:00