System.Time.timeZone.displayName Property

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03/12/2010

Gets the display name for a time zone.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

propVal = System.Time.timeZone.displayName()

Parameters

strDisplayName [out]
Retrieves the display name.

Remarks

The value is derived from the Display key under the registry key names at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\....

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to get system time details based on selected time zone.

var oSelectedTimeZone = System.Time.currentTimeZone;

// Set the time zone details.
var sTimeZoneDetails = function() 
{
    var sDetails = "";
    sDetails += "Bias: " + oSelectedTimeZone.bias + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "Display Name: " + oSelectedTimeZone.displayName + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "DST Bias: " + oSelectedTimeZone.DSTBias + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "DST Date: " + oSelectedTimeZone.DSTDate + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "DST Display Name: " + oSelectedTimeZone.DSTDisplayName + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "Name: " + oSelectedTimeZone.name + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "Standard Bias: " + oSelectedTimeZone.standardBias + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "Standard Date: " + oSelectedTimeZone.standardDate + "<hr />";
    sDetails += "Standard Display Name: " + oSelectedTimeZone.standardDisplayName;
    return sDetails;
}

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows Vista
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008
DLL	Sidebar.Exe version 1.00 or later

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