Do a query on this internet site, parse the page and do the calculation. This page gives you the current date and time for most places in the world.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html>Local computer is based in the UK - it needs to know what the local time is in Chicago where the package is going
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>Colin
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>>Wouldn't the local computer where the application is installed know the offset to GMT?
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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)
>> ?"Caption: " + transf(loItem.Caption)
>> ?"Daylight Bias: " + transf(loItem.DaylightBias)
>> ?"Description: " + transf(loItem.Description)
>> ?
>>Next
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>>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
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>>>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