User Timezone in Play 2.5

Question

How do I find the Timezone offset of the users Browser in the Play Framework?

I believe I can do so with a little bit of Javascript like this:

var tzOffset = (new Date()).getTimezoneOffset()/60;

But getting the Javascript var from the Scala Template to the Controller's seems a bit of overkill. Plus it won't work for the index page.

Is there a better way?

You probably meant `var` instead of `val`. – Aleksandar Stojadinovic Jun 08 '16 at 20:40 — Aleksandar Stojadinovic, Jun 08 '16 at 20:40
Yep, you are right, I did. – Patrick McGloin Jun 08 '16 at 20:48 — Patrick McGloin, Jun 08 '16 at 20:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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First of all, not all offsets are full-hour ones. There are time offsets with 30 minute increments, even with 45 minutes after the full hour. Don't divide by 60.

Other than that, if you get a time from the Controller, you will get the one from the server, not the user. So, you are pretty much left with what you already have.

See also: Can You Determine Timezone from Request Variables?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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