How would I get a players time zone like EST

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#1

I want to get the players time zone to know when a player chats in my chat system. I am using text labels so it should be simple. I cant seem to find any posts on this so anything helps. I know how to get the time so just need their time zone like EST or PST. Thanks for coming by!

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#2

Well, there is a library called “os”, you can use it for that kind of stuff, you can just do something like
os.date( “%a %b %d, %H:%M”) --output: Wed Mar 16, 09:33
i hope it helps you!
you can find more info here link

#3

Hi, this is the code @ramirez_cod3 was talking about:

print(os.date("%Z"))
#4

I would like to add that this code should be used on the client for it to work (prevent confusion).

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#5

Am I able to abbreviate it? To just the 3 letters?

#6

If you look at the docs here, you can see that you can get the player’s local time using a LocalScript. You can then compare that local time with the UTC/GMT time, and then calculate the time differences (timezone) that way.

#7

It sure is! I will get some code prepared for you now.

#8

Well yes but I dont want the time, just the zone the player in to show to others what time zone they are.

#9

This will make the abbreviation:

local abbreviation = ''

for i, v in pairs(tostring(os.date("%Z")):split(' ')) do
	abbreviation = abbreviation.. v:sub(1,1)
end

print(abbreviation)
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#10

Made a whoopsie in my code… this is now compatible with UTC.

local abbreviation = ''

if #tostring(os.date("%Z")) ~= 3 then
	for i, v in pairs(tostring(os.date("%Z")):split(' ')) do
		abbreviation = abbreviation.. v:sub(1,1)
	end
else
	abbreviation = os.date("%Z")
end


print(abbreviation)
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