time zones?

[Garrett]

Hello

trying to modify a javascript clock script i am using to set the time to be the time in my time zone.

i know - time = new Date (); is what gets the time
and i know it is returned like - sun sep 30 01:54:09 utc+0100 2001

so very simply how do i add the +0100 to make the time correct?

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Garrett

[makeda]

here is another way to get the time, try this:

var oDate = new Date();
var iHours = oDate.getHours();
var iMinutes = oDate.getMinutes();
var iSeconds = oDate.getSeconds();

var sDate = iHours + ":" + iMinutes + ":" + iSeconds;

This gets the time from the user's computer, so the time will not be the same throughout different time zones, it will vary depending on the user's clock settings. If you still want to increment or decrement the hours, just do something like this:

var iHours = oDate.getHours();
iHours += 1;

[Garrett]

thats exactly what i don't want! the reason i am using the timezone is because i need to display the time only in France!!

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Garrett

[makeda]

why are you trying to do this client side? server side would be a lot easier.

[Garrett]

yup i know! what i wanted to do initially was get the time with php and then use that to run my javascript clock which is a an continously updating analog type clock, but it seemed like too much grief!

getting the time is no problem in php, its just i would then have to create some sort of javascript timer (based on a 60 units system of course) which will continually add to the initally taken time so javascripts not my strongpoint i reckon just getting new time() and evaluating my timezone will do have to do.

if you have an idea on how i could make a function for a timer to do it the first way, i'd greatly appreciate it but otherwise i have no ideas on how to do it that way.

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Garrett

[makeda]

i see. if i think of something i will post it. good luck!