[Javascript] Q on TimeZone

[Hassan Schroeder]

Walter Torres wrote:

> My data is...
> 
>   14:30:00-08:00    I read this as 2:30pm Pacific Time
>   14:30:00+03:00    I read this as 2:30pm Moscow Time
> 
> When I get this data, I need to setup my 'enviornment' to reflect the TZ
> that the data says it is.
> 
> I know how to set this up so the 'current time' is 2:30pm, but I am unclear
> on how to make the 'current' TZ Moscow time.

Uh, well. To the best of my knowledge, you can't - TZ is an attribute
of your system clock setting.

Note that there's a getTimezoneOffset() but no setTimezoneOffset(), 
so I'm pretty sure TZ is read-only.

Sorry!
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