[Gambas-user] User timezone - could I ask a favour?

[Jussi Lahtinen]

> Why Aaland Islands (or Åland Islands) get their own zoneinfo file is
> unknown,


Åland is Swedish name for Finnish island called Ahvenanmaa.
Strange that people use that name.




> So my current approach is squashed and I'll have to find another generic
> way to get the user's
> timezone.
>

Best I can say right now is:
date +%Z

It prints timezone but not in format you need... surprisingly hard task.


Jussi