This is kind of old, but we are running into the same problem. Can you, or someone else, help us figure out how to calculate the "real" offset? Thanks.
-Brad Keck --- In [email protected], "reflexactions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not to worry I figured a way to calculate the real offset. > > I do think it is really a big flaw in the Date object that Adobe dont > provide access to this figure even though they know what it is. > > tks > > --- In [email protected], "reflexactions" > <reflexactions@> wrote: > > > > Need a quick fix for this problem. > > > > When I "print" a date object it tell me the tiemzone offset is GMT- > 0400. > > > > However when I get a date object and call its getTimezoneOffset > > function I get 5hrs not 4hrs. > > > > The difference is daylight savings and yes I have in my (XPPro) > system > > I have checked to adjust for daylight savings. > > > > The problem this is causing is that some date calcualtions I need > to > > make where I have to adjust for the timezoneoffset are one hour off. > > > > Seems odd to me... > > > > But is there a way to find out the correct current tiemzone offset > i.e. > > the 4 hrs flex prints rather than the 5 hrs it returns from the > method > > call. > > > > tks > > >
