how to calculate timezone offset from given timezone

Question

I have a case where I am trying to calculate timezoneOffset from selected timezone.

The sample I am saving the time in the database as UTC format, Now I am calculating the timezone as per user's location/timezone and setting the timezone offset.

How I can create mapping that -330 offset if from which timezone, I want to calculate it for all the timezone. Example [{ timezone: 'Australia/Sydney', offset: '660' }] and so on..

such that I can search for -330 offset is for which timeozne.

Suppose -330 offset if for which timezone? Where I can create mapping with offset and timezone.

Example User a is from Australia/Sydney then how can I check timezone offset from UTC?

Just a note that I have multiple timezones to support overall more than 30 time zones.

And I want something very accurate calculation.

I know momentjs using it I can do, but suddenly don't know-how.

with momentjs I get UTCoffser of Australia/Sydney //660

Can anyone help me derive the accurate date here?

Answer 1

If you have the IANA name for your timezone, you can pass it into Intl.DateTimeFormat and filter out and calculate the offset:

 const getUTCOffset = timezone => Intl.DateTimeFormat([], {timeZone: timezone, timeZoneName: 'shortOffset'}).formatToParts().find(o => o.type === 'timeZoneName').value.match(/\-?\d+/)[0]*60; console.log(getUTCOffset('Australia/Sydney'))

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If you're running this code in the user's browser and want to use the user's timezone, then it's even simpler:

new Date().getTimezoneOffset()