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LocalTimeZone[]

gives the current time zone for the current geo location.

LocalTimeZone[loc]

gives the current time zone for the geo location specified by loc.

LocalTimeZone[loc,date]

gives the time zone for the geo location loc on the specified date.

LocalTimeZone[loc,date,"prop"]

gives the specified property of the time zone.

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LocalTimeZone

LocalTimeZone[]

gives the current time zone for the current geo location.

LocalTimeZone[loc]

gives the current time zone for the geo location specified by loc.

LocalTimeZone[loc,date]

gives the time zone for the geo location loc on the specified date.

LocalTimeZone[loc,date,"prop"]

gives the specified property of the time zone.

Details

  • The geo location loc can be specified by a GeoPosition object or by giving an appropriate Entity object.
  • LocalTimeZone by default returns a time zone Entity.
  • Possible properties include:
  • "Entity"time zone as an Entity object (default)
    "InternetName"conventional internet name (e.g. "America/Chicago")
    "LongName"long time zone name (e.g. "Central Standard Time")
    "NumericOffset"offset in hours as a number
    "Offset"offset as a Quantity object
    "ShortName"short time zone name (e.g. "CST")

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Get the current local time zone entity:

Get the local time zone for London on different dates:

Get the current time zone offset for Oslo as a Quantity:

Scope  (2)

For extended regions, a location of significance is automatically selected (typically a capital city):

Location specifications can be a GeoPosition or Entity:

Wolfram Research (2014), LocalTimeZone, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocalTimeZone.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), LocalTimeZone, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocalTimeZone.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "LocalTimeZone." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocalTimeZone.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). LocalTimeZone. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocalTimeZone.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_localtimezone, author="Wolfram Research", title="{LocalTimeZone}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocalTimeZone.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_localtimezone, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={LocalTimeZone}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocalTimeZone.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}