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  clock displaying Pacific Daylight Time

  Posted by Stef Prein on May 8, 2008 at 7:35 pm

  For an internship in San Francisco, I’m moving from The Netherlands to California. I would like to display the PDT on my website. Does anyone know a JavaScript to do this?
  Thanks in advance!

  Stef Prein replied 18 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Curtis Thompson

  May 9, 2008 at 5:37 am

  hello…

  this is a slightly tricky thing to do in javascript, but certainly doable – here’s a script that will get you started:

  https://www.javascriptworld.com/chap13-4.html

  basically the concept is that you get utc (gmt) time and you subtract a specific amount of hours from it and then you have the time in that zone – that part is relatively easy, so the trickiness comes in making sure that you adjust for dst and the likes. i found the above script as an example and it will get you started, but just keep an eye on anything you do come this fall – or do research time zones in javascript, as it is relatively simple to write a function that determines if you are in dst or not and adjust clocks accordingly…

  lemme know if you have additional questions!

  sitruc
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  Stef Prein

  May 12, 2008 at 4:09 pm

  Hi Curtis,
  Thanks for your help! I’ll check it out!
  Cheers,
  Stef

  Stuffy
  student
  Image and Media Technology
  Utrecht School of the Arts
  The Netherlands
  http://www.stefprein.com

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