Hello, If you're using the web client, which I suspect most people will be doing, you could write some Javascript to get an offset from GMT in minutes, as documented here: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_getTimezoneOffset.asp - the problem with the Javascript getTimezoneOffset() function is that it includes DST, so the value returned will vary.
The problem with timezones and Javascript is that, to my knowledge (which may be out of date), there is no defined API but rather a few random methods. It's not like using Java and having access to java.util.Timezone or java.util.Calendar. A quick Google returns a number of libraries, but at that point you're getting into serious integration effort as opposed to a couple quick lines of JS. I reckon you should raise a RFE for Midtier to include a Javascript library to give you access to the correct timezone in text form, i.e. Europe/London. The browser does submit a timezone and that is available to the internals of Midtier. I guess a $TIMEZONE$ keyword would be nice, if it hasn't already been invented. John -- Single Sign On for AR System http://www.javasystemsolutions.com/jss/ssoplugin _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
