System Time Zone

[matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-d.de]

The original poster does not want to have the offset, but the time zone country/city and he already had a solution with apple script.
I provided a solution just with the shell function.


> Am 14.09.2022 um 17:21 schrieb Richmond via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> 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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