System Time Zone

[Richmond]

That seems a bit unnecessary as 'internet date' produces a format that 
includes the GMT offset.

So when I write this in the messageBox:  put the internet date

I get:

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:19:18 +0300

and, obviously, from the +0300 it is dead easy to work out

my system time zone.

Love, Richmond.




On 14.09.22 18:09, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote:
> Does your app has preferences the user can enter? Why not allow him to enter also the sudo password?
> You could then use that to execute the following shell command:
>
> put shell("echo <password> | sudo -S /usr/sbin/systemsetup -gettimezone")
>
> replace <password> with the password in preferences. No need to use Applescript.
>
> Regards,
> Matthias
>
>
>
>> Am 14.09.2022 um 15:50 schrieb Bob Cole via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>
>> Just for the sake of completeness, there is a way to get the time zone with AppleScript but it requires Administrator Privileges. The MacOS pops up a request to allow the “do as AppleScript” script to access the systemsetup function. That manual step will interfere with the flow of the program.
>>
>> Create a field “Statements” with this AppleScript:
>>
>> do shell script "/usr/sbin/systemsetup -gettimezone" with administrator privileges
>>
>> and put the following code in the script of a button:
>>
>> on mouseUp
>>    do field "Statements" as "AppleScript"
>>    put the result into tResult
>>    set the itemDelimiter to space
>>    delete word 1 to 2 in tResult
>>    delete the last char of tResult
>>    put tResult into message box
>> end request
>>
>> Tested in two time zones with these results:
>> America/Chicago
>> America/New_York
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>> It's the, "America/Los_Angeles" bit I am trying to find a way to grok.
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