Display current PDT time

Question

PDT offset is -7 or -8 hours depending on daylight saving time. I cannot simply subtract 7 * 60 * 60 from the UTC timestamp, as everybody else seems to be suggesting when googling this issue.

How can I simply alert(); the current current PDT time using Javascript?

Does this answer your question? [Get time of specific timezone](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8207655/get-time-of-specific-timezone) — , Mar 09 '20 at 15:08
I just want to know why you can't subtract required number of millis from UTC timestamp? — whatamidoingwithmylife, Mar 09 '20 at 15:08
Because the OP actually means "Pacific time" which is either PDT or PST depending on time of the year. — CherryDT, Mar 09 '20 at 15:12
Yes, what @CherryDT says. That's also why other threads don't answer my question — user9114945, Mar 09 '20 at 15:14

CherryDT · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-09T15:18:47.530

You can use toLocaleString (there is also toLocaleTimeString if you don't need the date):

alert(new Date('2020-01-01T00:00:00Z').toLocaleString(undefined, {
  timeZone: 'America/Los_Angeles'
}))
// Output: 12/31/2019, 4:00:00 PM

This example uses a fixed time to show the relation between input and output. To use the current time, just use new Date() without initial value.

The first parameter is the locale. The undefined here means that it's the current system locale, so the format (not the timezone) will be based on the user's settings (for example, on my machine it outputs 31.12.2019, 16:00:00). You can also set a fixed locale there if you want, for example en-US.

Thank you! So to show the *current* time I just leave Date() blank, right? — user9114945, Mar 09 '20 at 15:14

Display current PDT time

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