Thanks for the ideas guys, i'll see what the client says about any of these work arounds...
On 17 May 2012 13:16, Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com> wrote: > You could always prompt your user to enter their city if your needing > specifics. Getting the city from the time zone is a bit general. Getting > the city by ip can also get a little misleading since ips can be spoofed or > you could end up getting their ISPs ip or if it's a virtual machine. But > that's my experience. Someone may have a solution I'm not aware of. > > Best, > Karl > > Sent from losPhone > > On May 17, 2012, at 6:48 AM, Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com> > wrote: > > > That's what this code does. > > Gets the timezone like CST or America/Chicago for example based on local > settings. > > Or is that not what your wanting? > > > > Best, > > Karl > > > > > > On May 17, 2012, at 4:30 AM, David Hunter wrote: > > > >> Thanks Karl, > >> > >> I can grab the time using the Date class in AS3, I'm more stuck on how > to > >> detect what city they have set in their system preferences or some other > >> way to detect what city they are in. > >> > >> IP address? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> David > >> > >> On 17 May 2012 00:37, Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com> wrote: > >> > >>> You could use PHPs date function. > >>> > >>> http://us.php.net/manual/en/**function.date.php< > http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php> > >>> http://www.w3schools.com/php/**func_date_date.asp< > http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_date_date.asp> > >>> > >>> <?php > >>> $timezone = date('T'); > >>> ?> > >>> > >>> or > >>> > >>> <?php > >>> $timezone = date('e'); > >>> ?> > >>> > >>> Then flashvars it into your flash clock. > >>> Just a thought. > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> Karl > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On May 16, 2012, at 5:20 PM, David Hunter wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi All, > >>>> > >>>> I'm making a screensaver / air app of a clock and one of the desired > >>>> features is to grab the city of the timezone that the computer is set > to. > >>>> For example my clock is set to GMT and London, but I could set it to > >>>> Eastern Daylight Time and the city to New York or Miami. > >>>> > >>>> Does anyone know if it is possible to grab the city selected > associated > >>>> with the time of the computer? (I'm on a mac, not sure if the setup > is the > >>>> same on a PC...) > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> David > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> David Hunter > >>>> > >>>> www.davidhunterdesign.com > >>>> +44 (0) 7869 104 906 > >>>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>>> Flashcoders mailing list > >>>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.**com < > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> > >>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/**mailman/listinfo/flashcoders< > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders> > >>>> > >>> > >>> Karl DeSaulniers > >>> Design Drumm > >>> http://designdrumm.com > >>> > >>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>> Flashcoders mailing list > >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.**com <Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/**mailman/listinfo/flashcoders< > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> David Hunter > >> > >> www.davidhunterdesign.com > >> +44 (0) 7869 104 906 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Flashcoders mailing list > >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > Karl DeSaulniers > > Design Drumm > > http://designdrumm.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- David Hunter www.davidhunterdesign.com +44 (0) 7869 104 906 _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
