Guy Harris wrote:
Where I'm sitting right now as I type this sentence, the local time is 4:24 PM and the offset from UTC is -7:00. And if I apply that offset in 6 months time will I get the right local time? How do I find what the right offset should be in 6 months time? I currently don't have enough information. Easiest way is ask for their location which usually starts with a country code and then we don't have to display the whole list of timezones ? Just a sub-set if required ... If I just ask for their 'timezone' then I still need to ask for the country anyway. Providing country code as part of the data simply helps the process of asking.
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