Get the timezone of the user
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Michael Nachbaur
Feb 4, 2009, 3:00:13 PM2/4/09
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Is there a way to figure out what timezone the iPhone user is
currently in? My client/server application communicates with a server
that's based out of UTC, and I'd prefer to have its messages and
expiry times be relative to the user's timezone, as opposed to some
unknown number of hours off.
currently in? My client/server application communicates with a server
that's based out of UTC, and I'd prefer to have its messages and
expiry times be relative to the user's timezone, as opposed to some
unknown number of hours off.
Jeremy Edgell
Feb 4, 2009, 3:14:05 PM2/4/09
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Not that I know of; one of the developers might know better, but the way I'd approach it with phonegap is to pull the user's lat/long and look up the timezone on a service like http://www.earthtools.org/webservices.htm.
The down side is the 1 request per second & caching rule, however with a little thinking through, you should have no problems with this, especially if you use a js library like jquery to do the lookups on the phone side, rather than at the server. Might be a little slower, but could be worth exploring.
kazoomer
Feb 4, 2009, 3:22:15 PM2/4/09
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Whats wrong with using the JavaScript Date Object? Am I missing
something?
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Global...
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Global...
Rob Ellis
Phonegap.com
Nitobi.com
On Feb 4, 12:14 pm, Jeremy Edgell <edge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not that I know of; one of the developers might know better, but the way I'd
> approach it with phonegap is to pull the user's lat/long and look up the
> timezone on a service likehttp://www.earthtools.org/webservices.htm.<http://www.earthtools.org/webservices.htm>
something?
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Global...
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Global...
Rob Ellis
Phonegap.com
Nitobi.com
On Feb 4, 12:14 pm, Jeremy Edgell <edge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not that I know of; one of the developers might know better, but the way I'd
> approach it with phonegap is to pull the user's lat/long and look up the
> The down side is the 1 request per second & caching rule, however with a
> little thinking through, you should have no problems with this, especially
> if you use a js library like jquery to do the lookups on the phone side,
> rather than at the server. Might be a little slower, but could be worth
> exploring.
>
> little thinking through, you should have no problems with this, especially
> if you use a js library like jquery to do the lookups on the phone side,
> rather than at the server. Might be a little slower, but could be worth
> exploring.
>
Jeremy Edgell
Feb 4, 2009, 3:41:52 PM2/4/09
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--sometimes I like to overthink things--
sorry!
kazoomer
Feb 4, 2009, 4:54:18 PM2/4/09
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No worries, good luck with your app.
Rob Ellis
PhoneGap.com
Nitobi.com
On Feb 4, 12:41 pm, Jeremy Edgell <edge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> --sometimes I like to overthink things--
> sorry!
>
Rob Ellis
PhoneGap.com
Nitobi.com
On Feb 4, 12:41 pm, Jeremy Edgell <edge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> --sometimes I like to overthink things--
> sorry!
>
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