>>>>Does anyone know how to get the time in South Africa in VFP?
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>>>Off the top of my head I'd store the SA UTC as a constant, have the app grab the local UTC on startup and have a function to do the math I'd call whenever I needed the SA time.
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>>Sorry I don't understand - I could add 2 hours to UK time but in UK summer (dates vary) it's only 1 hour
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>I see what you mean. I guess in that case one would need an API call to do whatever it is Windows does when it adjusts time for summer time etc and pass in SA's id.
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>Sorry for the off the cuff misleading reaction but thanks for giving me something to think about so I can go poke around for a good answer that may help me someday.

Thanks Charles