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layout: doc title: “Starboard Module Reference: time_zone.h”

Provides access to the system time zone information.

Typedefs

SbTimeZone

The number of minutes west of the Greenwich Prime Meridian, NOT including Daylight Savings Time adjustments.

For example: PST/PDT is 480 minutes (28800 seconds, 8 hours).

Definition

typedef int SbTimeZone

Functions

SbTimeZoneGetCurrent

Gets the system's current SbTimeZone in minutes.

Declaration

SbTimeZone SbTimeZoneGetCurrent()

SbTimeZoneGetName

Gets a string representation of the current timezone. Note that the string representation can either be standard or daylight saving time. The output can be of the form: 1) A three-letter abbreviation such as “PST” or “PDT” (preferred). 2) A time zone identifier such as “America/Los_Angeles” 3) An un-abbreviated name such as “Pacific Standard Time”.

Declaration

const char* SbTimeZoneGetName()