Why didn't you say so in the first place? You can use "GetTimeZoneInformation()" from the Windows-unit to get that.
======================================================== procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); Var ZoneInfo : TTimeZoneInformation; begin GetTimeZoneInformation(ZoneInfo); ShowMessage(Format('Bias with UTC = %d minutes', [ZoneInfo.Bias])); end; ======================================================== Greetz, Peter. ________________________________________ From: delphi-en@yahoogroups.com [mailto:delphi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of emmanuellamy Sent: vrijdag 6 augustus 2010 14:18 To: delphi-en@yahoogroups.com Subject: [delphi-en] Re: Converting local to UTC time Thank you, Ray. But my problem is in extracting the local machine timezone rather than computing the UTC time or local time. Emmanuel