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# Javascript Date getTimezoneOffset() Method

## Description:

Javascript date getTimezoneOffset() method returns the time-zone offset in minutes for the current locale. The time-zone offset is the minutes in difference, the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is relative to your local time.

For example, If your time zone is GMT+10, -600 will be returned. Daylight savings time prevents this value from being a constant.

## Syntax:

    Date.getTimezoneOffset()

Here is the detail of parameters:

- NA

## Return Value:

Returns the time-zone offset in minutes for the current locale.

## Example:

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>JavaScript getTimezoneOffset Method</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <script type="text/javascript">
       var dt = new Date();
       var tz = dt.getTimezoneOffset();
       document.write("getTimezoneOffset() : " + tz );
    </script>
    </body>
    </html>

This will produce following result for Indian time zone:

    getTimezoneOffset() : -330

To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.

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