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dan19
Binge Watcher
‎09-09-2021 09:38 AM

Get current roDateTime based on a give timezone

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Hello,

I am trying to get the current time of a certain place (not my roku device time), based on the given timezone.

For example, if I have a timezone of -25200, how do I get the roDateTime of this location?

I have seen JS methods for doing this, and I was wondering if it doable in BRS.

 

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renojim
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‎09-10-2021 11:53 PM

Re: Get current roDateTime based on a give timezone

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For the current time:

t = CreateObject("roDateTime")
t.fromSeconds(t.asSeconds()-25200)

For some other time replace t.asSeconds() with the GMT time in seconds (from epoch - 1/1/1970) you want to convert to another timezone.

 

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renojim
Community Streaming Expert
‎09-10-2021 11:53 PM

Re: Get current roDateTime based on a give timezone

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For the current time:

t = CreateObject("roDateTime")
t.fromSeconds(t.asSeconds()-25200)

For some other time replace t.asSeconds() with the GMT time in seconds (from epoch - 1/1/1970) you want to convert to another timezone.

 

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