JavaScript: Get timezone offset in seconds
JavaScript Datetime: Exercise-40 with Solution
Write a JavaScript function to get the timezone offset in seconds.
Note : The offset for timezones west of UTC is always negative, and for those east of UTC is always positive.
Test Data :
dt = new Date();
console.log(timezone_offset_in_seconds(dt));
19800
Sample Solution:-
HTML Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>JavaScript function to get timezone offset in seconds</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript Code:
function timezone_offset_in_seconds(dt)
{
return -dt.getTimezoneOffset() * 60;
}
dt = new Date();
console.log(timezone_offset_in_seconds(dt));
dt = new Date(1989, 10, 1);
console.log(timezone_offset_in_seconds(dt));
Sample Output:
19800 19800
Flowchart:

Live Demo:
See the Pen JavaScript - Get timezone offset in seconds-date-ex-40 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.
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