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How to get timezone RAW Offset? Node.JS

When you go to https://worldtimeapi.org/api/timezone/Europe/Berlin it says raw_offset=3600 , i'm trying to get this value in Node.JS. Need help please, i'm giving my code below but it's giving me wrong output

const moment = require("moment-timezone");
let timezone = "Europe/Warsaw";
let haha = moment().tz(timezone);
let timezone_raw = haha.utcOffset()
Solution

  • Doesn't look wrong they just use a different format. Worldtime-API seems to use seconds where moment.js seems to use minutes. According to my test moment.js also returns 60 from utcOffset().

    You can either take the raw_offset and divide it by 60 (seconds per minute) to get 60 (minutes). Or you can take the return from utcOffset() and multiply it by 60 to get 3600.