Thanks George, I was able to downsize the program and only use the function UnicodeToANSI to ascertain "Eastern"
>>The help file does not reveal anything useful about capturing the current timezone a system is set to. Anyone know of a way?
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>See FAQ#7757. Note that this replies on the time zone setting on the machine being correct.
"Build a man a fire, and he's warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life."
