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Created December 7, 2012 22:12
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Timezone Abbreviation
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//Find the client's local timezone abbreviation.
//Works in most Timezones/Browsers, falls back to GMT offset if unavailable.
function getTimezoneAbbr (){
var m = new Date().toString().match(/\(([^)]+)\)$/);
if (m) return m[1];
return ((d = (new Date().getTimezoneOffset() / 60) * -1) > 0) ? "GMT +" + d : "GMT " + d
}
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Can obviously be refined more. But, it serves it's purpose fairly well.

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