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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 6 SP5
OS:
Windows 2000 SP4
Network:
Windows 2000 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01134752
Message ID:
01134759
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Local computer is based in the UK - it needs to know what the local time is in Chicago where the package is going

Colin

>Wouldn't the local computer where the application is installed know the offset to GMT?
>
On Error *
>lcComputer = "."
>loWMIService = Getobject("winmgmts:\\" + lcComputer + "\root\cimv2")
>colItems = loWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_TimeZone")
>For Each loItem In colItems
>	?"Bias: " + transf(loItem.Bias)  && Offset in minutes
>	?"Caption: " + transf(loItem.Caption) && Description of the setting
>	?"Daylight Bias: " + transf(loItem.DaylightBias)  && Daylight savings time setting
>	?"Description: " + transf(loItem.Description) && Description of the setting
>	?
>Next
>
>Or you can use the GETSYSTEMTIME() (GMT time) and make the diffence against the GETLOCALTIME() API to get the offset to GMT.
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I have a database which contains information about packages to be delivered all over the world - I want to be able to find out the local time at destination without having to calculate it manually
>>
>>So for example if I have a package to be delivered to Chicago I can automatically calulate that the time difference is 6 hours behind the UK
>>
>>Anyone ever done any work in this area?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Colin
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