How do I get a user's date/time or timezone information for an Alexa Skill?

Question

I\'m using Lambda (Python) to develop a skill and I\'m interested in giving the user some time-related information. On the request object there is a times

Answer 1

It is now possible to get the user's timezone using the Alexa Settings API. See the related blogpost for official information about this feature's release.

The endpoint you'll be interested in is the following:

GET /v2/devices/{deviceId}/settings/System.timeZone

You simply need to provide the user's device ID, which is part of the received intent. The response will contain a timezone name, for instance "Europe/London".