How to Retrieve the Time Zone Information
This article discusses the use case of retrieving the time zone information at a certain location, at a given date.
Benefits
Time zone information is useful to be able to calculate the local time at a location.
Prerequisites
- Installed PTV xData service
Concepts
The TimeZone information can be retrieved using the getTimeZone operation.
Given a certain location, the operation returns the offset to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
If a specific date is also set, the operation returns the daylight saving time information for that day, otherwise it returns this information for the current date.
Programming Guide
The sample below uses the REST
REST (Representational State Transfer) represents a World Wide Web paradigm, consisting of constraints to the design of components which results in a better performance and maintainability. API to request the time zone information of a location.
Related Topics
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