Option Explicit
Function hoursOffsetFromUTC() As Single
'returns current #hours difference between UTC & Local System Time
'On Error GoTo uError
Dim xmlHTTP As Object, strUTC As String, dtUTC As Date
Set xmlHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
xmlHTTP.Open "GET", "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/" & _
"timezone/json?location=" & Int(Rnd() * 99) & ",0×tamp=" & Int(Rnd() * 99), False
xmlHTTP.send 'send randomized reqeust to avoid cached results
strUTC = Mid(xmlHTTP.getResponseHeader("date"), 6, 20)
Set xmlHTTP = Nothing
dtUTC = DateValue(strUTC) + TimeValue(strUTC)
hoursOffsetFromUTC = Round((Now() - dtUTC) * 48, 0) / 2 'nearest 0.5
Exit Function
uError:
MsgBox "Couldn't get UTC time." & vbLf & vbLf & _
"Err#" & Err & ": " & Err.Description, vbExclamation, "Error!"
End Function
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MsgBox hoursOffsetFromUTC
Private Type SYSTEMTIME
wYear As Integer
wMonth As Integer
wDayOfWeek As Integer
wDay As Integer
wHour As Integer
wMinute As Integer
wSecond As Integer
wMilliseconds As Integer
End Type
Private Type TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION
Bias As LongPtr
StandardName(0 To 31) As Integer
StandardDate As SYSTEMTIME
StandardBias As LongPtr
DaylightName(0 To 31) As Integer
DaylightDate As SYSTEMTIME
DaylightBias As LongPtr
End Type
Private Declare PtrSafe Function GetTimeZoneInformation Lib "kernel32" _
(lpTimeZoneInformation As TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION) As Long
Function hoursOffsetFromUTC_Win() As Single
Dim TZI As TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION
If GetTimeZoneInformation(TZI) = 2 Then
hoursOffsetFromUTC_Win = 0 - ((TZI.Bias + TZI.DaylightBias) / 60)
Else
hoursOffsetFromUTC_Win = 0 - (TZI.Bias / 60)
End If
End Function
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MsgBox hoursOffsetFromUTC_Win
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