getTimezone
This function is used by Ignition's Expression language.
Description​
Returns the ID of the current timezone depending on the scope in which it is called. If run in a Vision client or Perspective session scope, the function will display the timezone of the client or session. If run in an expression in a global scope (e.g. on an expression tag), it will return the timezone of the Gateway.
List of java timezone IDs
*This list is subject to change depending on the exact version of java that is installed.
- Africa/Abidjan
- Africa/Accra
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Africa/Algiers
- Africa/Asmara
- Africa/Asmera
- Africa/Bamako
- Africa/Bangui
- Africa/Banjul
- Africa/Bissau
- Africa/Blantyre
- Africa/Brazzaville
- Africa/Bujumbura
- Africa/Cairo
- Africa/Casablanca
- Africa/Ceuta
- Africa/Conakry
- Africa/Dakar
- Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Africa/Djibouti
- Africa/Douala
- Africa/El_Aaiun
- Africa/Freetown
- Africa/Gaborone
- Africa/Harare
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Africa/Juba
- Africa/Kampala
- Africa/Khartoum
- Africa/Kigali
- Africa/Kinshasa
- Africa/Lagos
- Africa/Libreville
- Africa/Lome
- Africa/Luanda
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Africa/Lusaka
- Africa/Malabo
- Africa/Maputo
- Africa/Maseru
- Africa/Mbabane
- Africa/Mogadishu
- Africa/Monrovia
- Africa/Nairobi
- Africa/Ndjamena
- Africa/Niamey
- Africa/Nouakchott
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Africa/Porto-Novo
- Africa/Sao_Tome
- Africa/Timbuktu
- Africa/Tripoli
- Africa/Tunis
- Africa/Windhoek
- America/Adak
- America/Anchorage
- America/Anguilla
- America/Antigua
- America/Araguaina
- America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
- America/Argentina/Catamarca
- America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia
- America/Argentina/Cordoba
- America/Argentina/Jujuy
- America/Argentina/La_Rioja
- America/Argentina/Mendoza
- America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos
- America/Argentina/Salta
- America/Argentina/San_Juan
- America/Argentina/San_Luis
- America/Argentina/Tucuman
- America/Argentina/Ushuaia
- America/Aruba
- America/Asuncion
- America/Atikokan
- America/Atka
- America/Bahia
- America/Bahia_Banderas
- America/Barbados
- America/Belem
- America/Belize
- America/Blanc-Sablon
- America/Boa_Vista
- America/Bogota
- America/Boise
- America/Buenos_Aires
- America/Cambridge_Bay
- America/Campo_Grande
- America/Cancun
- America/Caracas
- America/Catamarca
- America/Cayenne
- America/Cayman
- America/Chicago
- America/Chihuahua
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Cordoba
- America/Costa_Rica
- America/Creston
- America/Cuiaba
- America/Curacao
- America/Danmarkshavn
- America/Dawson
- America/Dawson_Creek
- America/Denver
- America/Detroit
- America/Dominica
- America/Edmonton
- America/Eirunepe
- America/El_Salvador
- America/Ensenada
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Fortaleza
- America/Glace_Bay
- America/Godthab
- America/Goose_Bay
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Grenada
- America/Guadeloupe
- America/Guatemala
- America/Guayaquil
- America/Guyana
- America/Halifax
- America/Havana
- America/Hermosillo
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Inuvik
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Jujuy
- America/Juneau
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Kralendijk
- America/La_Paz
- America/Lima
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Louisville
- America/Lower_Princes
- America/Maceio
- America/Managua
- America/Manaus
- America/Marigot
- America/Martinique
- America/Matamoros
- America/Mazatlan
- America/Mendoza
- America/Menominee
- America/Merida
- America/Metlakatla
- America/Mexico_City
- America/Miquelon
- America/Moncton
- America/Monterrey
- America/Montevideo
- America/Montreal
- America/Montserrat
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Nome
- America/Noronha
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Paramaribo
- America/Phoenix
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Port_of_Spain
- America/Porto_Acre
- America/Porto_Velho
- America/Puerto_Rico
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Recife
- America/Regina
- America/Resolute
- America/Rio_Branco
- America/Rosario
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Santarem
- America/Santiago
- America/Santo_Domingo
- America/Sao_Paulo
- America/Scoresbysund
- America/Shiprock
- America/Sitka
- America/St_Barthelemy
- America/St_Johns
- America/St_Kitts
- America/St_Lucia
- America/St_Thomas
- America/St_Vincent
- America/Swift_Current
- America/Tegucigalpa
- America/Thule
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Tijuana
- America/Toronto
- America/Tortola
- America/Vancouver
- America/Virgin
- America/Whitehorse
- America/Winnipeg
- America/Yakutat
- America/Yellowknife
- Antarctica/Casey
- Antarctica/Davis
- Antarctica/DumontDUrville
- Antarctica/Macquarie
- Antarctica/Mawson
- Antarctica/McMurdo
- Antarctica/Palmer
- Antarctica/Rothera
- Antarctica/South_Pole
- Antarctica/Syowa
- Antarctica/Troll
- Antarctica/Vostok
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Asia/Aden
- Asia/Almaty
- Asia/Amman
- Asia/Anadyr
- Asia/Aqtau
- Asia/Aqtobe
- Asia/Ashgabat
- Asia/Ashkhabad
- Asia/Baghdad
- Asia/Bahrain
- Asia/Baku
- Asia/Bangkok
- Asia/Beirut
- Asia/Bishkek
- Asia/Brunei
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Chita
- Asia/Choibalsan
- Asia/Chongqing
- Asia/Chungking
- Asia/Colombo
- Asia/Dacca
- Asia/Damascus
- Asia/Dhaka
- Asia/Dili
- Asia/Dubai
- Asia/Dushanbe
- Asia/Gaza
- Asia/Harbin
- Asia/Hebron
- Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Asia/Hovd
- Asia/Irkutsk
- Asia/Istanbul
- Asia/Jakarta
- Asia/Jayapura
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Asia/Kabul
- Asia/Kamchatka
- Asia/Karachi
- Asia/Kashgar
- Asia/Kathmandu
- Asia/Katmandu
- Asia/Khandyga
- Asia/Kolkata
- Asia/Krasnoyarsk
- Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- Asia/Kuching
- Asia/Kuwait
- Asia/Macao
- Asia/Macau
- Asia/Magadan
- Asia/Makassar
- Asia/Manila
- Asia/Muscat
- Asia/Nicosia
- Asia/Novokuznetsk
- Asia/Novosibirsk
- Asia/Omsk
- Asia/Oral
- Asia/Phnom_Penh
- Asia/Pontianak
- Asia/Pyongyang
- Asia/Qatar
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Asia/Rangoon
- Asia/Riyadh
- Asia/Saigon
- Asia/Sakhalin
- Asia/Samarkand
- Asia/Seoul
- Asia/Shanghai
- Asia/Singapore
- Asia/Srednekolymsk
- Asia/Taipei
- Asia/Tashkent
- Asia/Tbilisi
- Asia/Tehran
- Asia/Tel_Aviv
- Asia/Thimbu
- Asia/Thimphu
- Asia/Tokyo
- Asia/Ujung_Pandang
- Asia/Ulaanbaatar
- Asia/Ulan_Bator
- Asia/Urumqi
- Asia/Ust-Nera
- Asia/Vientiane
- Asia/Vladivostok
- Asia/Yakutsk
- Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Asia/Yerevan
- Atlantic/Azores
- Atlantic/Bermuda
- Atlantic/Canary
- Atlantic/Cape_Verde
- Atlantic/Faeroe
- Atlantic/Faroe
- Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
- Atlantic/Madeira
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Atlantic/South_Georgia
- Atlantic/St_Helena
- Atlantic/Stanley
- Australia/ACT
- Australia/Adelaide
- Australia/Brisbane
- Australia/Broken_Hill
- Australia/Canberra
- Australia/Currie
- Australia/Darwin
- Australia/Eucla
- Australia/Hobart
- Australia/LHI
- Australia/Lindeman
- Australia/Lord_Howe
- Australia/Melbourne
- Australia/NSW
- Australia/North
- Australia/Perth
- Australia/Queensland
- Australia/South
- Australia/Sydney
- Australia/Tasmania
- Australia/Victoria
- Australia/West
- Australia/Yancowinna
- Brazil/Acre
- Brazil/DeNoronha
- Brazil/East
- Brazil/West
- CET
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Atlantic
- Canada/Central
- Canada/East-Saskatchewan
- Canada/Eastern
- Canada/Mountain
- Canada/Newfoundland
- Canada/Pacific
- Canada/Saskatchewan
- Canada/Yukon
- Chile/Continental
- Chile/EasterIsland
- Cuba
- EET
- EST5EDT
- Egypt
- Eire
- Etc/GMT
- Etc/GMT+0
- Etc/GMT+1
- Etc/GMT+10
- Etc/GMT+11
- Etc/GMT+12
- Etc/GMT+2
- Etc/GMT+3
- Etc/GMT+4
- Etc/GMT+5
- Etc/GMT+6
- Etc/GMT+7
- Etc/GMT+8
- Etc/GMT+9
- Etc/GMT-0
- Etc/GMT-1
- Etc/GMT-10
- Etc/GMT-11
- Etc/GMT-12
- Etc/GMT-13
- Etc/GMT-14
- Etc/GMT-2
- Etc/GMT-3
- Etc/GMT-4
- Etc/GMT-5
- Etc/GMT-6
- Etc/GMT-7
- Etc/GMT-8
- Etc/GMT-9
- Etc/GMT0
- Etc/Greenwich
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Europe/Andorra
- Europe/Athens
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Belgrade
- Europe/Berlin
- Europe/Bratislava
- Europe/Brussels
- Europe/Bucharest
- Europe/Budapest
- Europe/Busingen
- Europe/Chisinau
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Europe/Dublin
- Europe/Gibraltar
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Helsinki
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Istanbul
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/Kaliningrad
- Europe/Kiev
- Europe/Lisbon
- Europe/Ljubljana
- Europe/London
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Europe/Madrid
- Europe/Malta
- Europe/Mariehamn
- Europe/Minsk
- Europe/Monaco
- Europe/Moscow
- Europe/Nicosia
- Europe/Oslo
- Europe/Paris
- Europe/Podgorica
- Europe/Prague
- Europe/Riga
- Europe/Rome
- Europe/Samara
- Europe/San_Marino
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Europe/Simferopol
- Europe/Skopje
- Europe/Sofia
- Europe/Stockholm
- Europe/Tallinn
- Europe/Tirane
- Europe/Tiraspol
- Europe/Uzhgorod
- Europe/Vaduz
- Europe/Vatican
- Europe/Vienna
- Europe/Vilnius
- Europe/Volgograd
- Europe/Warsaw
- Europe/Zagreb
- Europe/Zaporozhye
- Europe/Zurich
- GB
- GB-Eire
- GMT
- GMT0
- Greenwich
- Hongkong
- Iceland
- Indian/Antananarivo
- Indian/Chagos
- Indian/Christmas
- Indian/Cocos
- Indian/Comoro
- Indian/Kerguelen
- Indian/Mahe
- Indian/Maldives
- Indian/Mauritius
- Indian/Mayotte
- Indian/Reunion
- Iran
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kwajalein
- Libya
- MET
- MST7MDT
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- Mexico/BajaSur
- Mexico/General
- NZ
- NZ-CHAT
- Navajo
- PRC
- PST8PDT
- Pacific/Apia
- Pacific/Auckland
- Pacific/Bougainville
- Pacific/Chatham
- Pacific/Chuuk
- Pacific/Easter
- Pacific/Efate
- Pacific/Enderbury
- Pacific/Fakaofo
- Pacific/Fiji
- Pacific/Funafuti
- Pacific/Galapagos
- Pacific/Gambier
- Pacific/Guadalcanal
- Pacific/Guam
- Pacific/Honolulu
- Pacific/Johnston
- Pacific/Kiritimati
- Pacific/Kosrae
- Pacific/Kwajalein
- Pacific/Majuro
- Pacific/Marquesas
- Pacific/Midway
- Pacific/Nauru
- Pacific/Niue
- Pacific/Norfolk
- Pacific/Noumea
- Pacific/Pago_Pago
- Pacific/Palau
- Pacific/Pitcairn
- Pacific/Pohnpei
- Pacific/Ponape
- Pacific/Port_Moresby
- Pacific/Rarotonga
- Pacific/Saipan
- Pacific/Samoa
- Pacific/Tahiti
- Pacific/Tarawa
- Pacific/Tongatapu
- Pacific/Truk
- Pacific/Wake
- Pacific/Wallis
- Pacific/Yap
- Poland
- Portugal
- ROK
- Singapore
- SystemV/AST4
- SystemV/AST4ADT
- SystemV/CST6
- SystemV/CST6CDT
- SystemV/EST5
- SystemV/EST5EDT
- SystemV/HST10
- SystemV/MST7
- SystemV/MST7MDT
- SystemV/PST8
- SystemV/PST8PDT
- SystemV/YST9
- SystemV/YST9YDT
- Turkey
- UCT
- US/Alaska
- US/Aleutian
- US/Arizona
- US/Central
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Hawaii
- US/Indiana-Starke
- US/Michigan
- US/Mountain
- US/Pacific
- US/Pacific-New
- US/Samoa
- UTC
- Universal
- W-SU
- WET
- Zulu
- EST
- HST
- MST
- ACT
- AET
- AGT
- ART
- AST
- BET
- BST
- CAT
- CNT
- CST
- CTT
- EAT
- ECT
- IET
- IST
- JST
- MIT
- NET
- NST
- PLT
- PNT
- PRT
- PST
- SST
- VST
Syntax​
getTimezone( )
Parameters
- None
Results
- String - The current timezone ID.