Starboard Module Reference: time_zone.h
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Provides access to the system time zone information.
Typedefs
SbTimeZone
The number of minutes west of the Greenwich Prime Meridian, NOT including
Daylight Savings Time adjustments.
For example: America/Los_Angeles is 480 minutes (28800 seconds, 8 hours).
Definition
typedef int SbTimeZone
Functions
SbTimeZoneGetCurrent
Gets the system's current SbTimeZone in minutes.
Declaration
SbTimeZone SbTimeZoneGetCurrent()
SbTimeZoneGetName
Gets a string representation of the current timezone. The format should be in
the IANA format https://data.iana.org/time-zones/theory.html#naming) .
Names normally have the form AREA/LOCATION, where AREA is a continent or ocean,
and LOCATION is a specific location within the area. Typical names are
'Africa/Cairo', 'America/New_York', and 'Pacific/Honolulu'.
Declaration
const char* SbTimeZoneGetName()
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Last updated 2024-01-19 UTC.
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