Get client timezone (not GMT offset amount) in JS

Question

I need to determine the client timezone (e.g. CET, GMT, EST) in JS. Getting the offset is straightforward, but doesn\'t have all the info necessary to determine the TZ, at l

Answer 1

See this question. It's not doable in the general case, but for picking a default timezone from a shortlist of likely cases, you can make a decent guess.

Allow the user to override it for when you guess wrong.