TimeZone

Description

Short story: Retrieve timezone and daylight savings time information from the system.

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Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

Repair Distorted, Shrunken Icons, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, April 1999

The Next Y2K, Classic VB Corner, VSM Online, February 2010

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module Library Function

CSFont.cls gdi

gdi32

user
user32 DeleteObject
GetStockObject
DeleteObject
GetStockObject
SendMessage
SendMessage

CTimeZone.cls kernel32 GetTimeZoneInformation

TimeZone.frm kernel32 GetTimeZoneInformation

Don't see what you're looking for? Here's a complete API cross-reference.

Module	Library	Function
CSFont.cls	gdi gdi32 user user32	DeleteObject GetStockObject DeleteObject GetStockObject SendMessage SendMessage
CTimeZone.cls	kernel32	GetTimeZoneInformation
TimeZone.frm	kernel32	GetTimeZoneInformation

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Download TimeZone.zip, 15Kb, Last Updated: Tuesday, May 4, 2004