Javascript DateFormat for different timezones

Question

I\'m a Java developer and I\'m used to the SimpleDateFormat class that allows me to format any date to any format by settings a timezone.

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Answer 1

Don't write your own stuff; just get datejs: http://www.datejs.com/

You can figure out what the timezone offset is set to in the execution environment like this:

var local = new Date();
var utc = Date.UTC(local.getFullYear(), local.getMonth(), local.getDate(), local.getHours(), local.getMinutes(), local.getSeconds(), local.getMilliseconds());
var tz = (utc - local.getTime()) / (60 * 60 * 1000);