Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/08/07 14:43

Rami Elomaa wrote:
> newbie kirjoitti:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I wonder if it's possible to detect a user (the browser's) timezone
>> when he/she access my php file? I saw ppl suggesting using javascript
>> to collect that information. But I wonder if it's possible to do it
>> without the headache of javascript.
>
> Really isn't much of a headache. All you do is add a hidden field and a
> tiny tiny script snippet. If the field is blank, user is not using
> javascript so you'll just display it as GMT. To fill the field just use
> something like this:
>
> <input name="timezone" id="timezone" type="hidden" value="" />
> <script type="text/javascript">
> document.getElementById('timezone').value = new
> Date().getTimeZoneOffset(); // this should all be in one line
> </script>
>
> And there you have it, no headache at all.
>

But that's not doing it in PHP - like he asked.

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