new Date() Operating System Dependent?

Question

Alright so I\'m using javascript to return the shorthand timezone of the users system time with a simple regex like so

new RegExp(\'\\\\(.*\\\\)\').exec(new          


        

Answer 1

It doesn't make sense, because javascript.

However, you can get the timezone offset by this way:

yourDate.getTimezoneOffset();

This will return the browser clients offset in minutes. See getTimezoneOffset()