iPhone:Find the current timezone offset in HOURS

Question

How to find out the current timezone offset on the device in HOURS ?

Answer 1

For anyone looking for the current time zone offset as a string, try:

NSDateFormatter *localTimeZoneFormatter = [NSDateFormatter new];
localTimeZoneFormatter.timeZone = [NSTimeZone localTimeZone];
localTimeZoneFormatter.dateFormat = @"Z";
NSString *localTimeZoneOffset = [localTimeZoneFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];

In my time zone, localTimeZoneOffset contains -0700