Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Time.TimeZoneOffset

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Time.TimeZoneOffset

Queries time zone offset.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Time	9.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "Time.TimeZoneOffset"; AsText ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

AsText Pass 1 to get back time zone as text like "+03:00".
Otherwise default is zero to return as number of seconds. 1

Parameter	Description	Example
AsText	Pass 1 to get back time zone as text like "+03:00". Otherwise default is zero to return as number of seconds.	1

Result

Returns value or error.

Description

Queries time zone offset.
Returns either seconds or formatted text.

Time zone changes on Windows don't take effect until you restart FileMaker. For MacOS, the functions notice the changes in system automatically.

Examples

Query time zone as text:

MBS( "Time.TimeZoneOffset"; 1 )

Example result: "+01:00"

Query time zone as number:

MBS( "Time.TimeZoneOffset"; 0 )

Example result: 3600

Blog Entries

MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 9.1pr4

Release notes

Version 9.1
- Added Time.TimeZoneOffset function.

Created 20th February 2019, last changed 20th February 2019

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