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RDOTimezone object represents
information for a time zone as supported by Windows.
Returned by:
RDOTimezones.CurrentTimezone, RDOTimezones.Item,
RDOAppointmentItem.StartTimeZone,
RDOAppointmentItem.EndTimeZone
The example below displays the name
of the current time zone.
set Session =
CreateObject("Redemption.RDOSession")
MsgBox "The current Time Zone is" & vbCrLf &
Session.Timezones.CurrentTimezone.Name |
Properties
Methods
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Derived from:
IDispatch
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Properties |
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Bias |
Integer, read-only. Returns
the difference in minutes between the local time in this time zone and
the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Bias does not take into
account any time offset for daylight time or standard time in the time
zone. To account for any daylight time offset, use DaylightBias
property.
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DaylightBias |
Integer, read-only. Returns
the time offset in minutes from Bias to account for daylight time
in the time zone.
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DaylightDate |
Date, read-only. Returns the
date and time when time changes over to daylight time in the current
year.
To retrieve the daylight date
for a specific year, use the DaylightDateForYear() method (see
below).
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DaylightDesignation |
String, read-only. Returns
the daylight name of the time zone.
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DaylightDesignationLocalized |
String, read-only. Returns
the daylight name of the time zone in the current Windows locale.
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ID |
String, read-only. Returns
the unique id of the time zone.
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Name |
String, read-only. Returns
the identifier of the time zone.
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NameLocalized |
String, read-only. Returns
the identifier of the time zone in the current Windows locale.
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ObservesDaylight |
Boolean, read-only. TRUE is
the time zone observes daylight savings time.
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StandardBias |
Integer, read-only. Returns
the time offset in minutes from Bias to account for starndard
time in the time zone.
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StandardDate |
Date, read-only. Returns the
date and time when time changes over to standard time in the current
year.
To retrieve the daylight date
for a specific year, use the StandardDateForYear() method (see
below).
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StandardDesignation |
String, read-only. Returns
the standard name of the time zone.
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StandardDesignationLocalized |
String, read-only. Returns
the standard name of the time zone in the current Windows locale.
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Methods |
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LocalTimeToUTC(Value) |
Converts a date-time value
from the time zone to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Value - date-time
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DaylightDateForYear(YearOrDate) |
Returns the date and time
when time changes over to daylight time in the given year.
YearOrDate - variant.
Either an integer (e.g. 2007) or DateTime (e.g. #2007/10/12#).
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set Session =
CreateObject("Redemption.RDOSession")
set TZ = Session.Timezones.Item("Eastern Standard Time")
MsgBox TZ.DaylightDateForYear(2002)
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StandardDateForYear(YearOrDate) |
Returns the date and time
when time changes over to standard time in the given year.
YearOrDate - variant.
Either an integer (e.g. 2007) or DateTime (e.g. #2007/10/12#).
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set Session =
CreateObject("Redemption.RDOSession")
set TZ = Session.Timezones.Item("Eastern Standard Time")
vDate = #1/2/2008#
MsgBox TZ.StandardDateForYear(vDate)
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UTCToLocalTime(Value) |
Converts a date-time value
that is specified in the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format to the
value in the time zone.
Value - date-time
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