Time Zones

JavaScript accepts these time zones:

Time Zone Description
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
EDT (US) Eastern Daylight Time
CDT (US) Central Daylight Time
MDT (US) Mountain Daylight Time
PDT (US) Pacific Daylight Time
EST (US) Eastern Standard Time
CST (US) Central Standard Time
MST (US) Mountain Standard Time
PST (US) Pacific Standard Time

When setting a date, without specifying the time zone, JavaScript will use the browser's time zone. When getting a date, without specifying the time zone, the result is converted to the browser's time zone. In other words: If a date/time is created in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), the date/time will be converted to CDT (Central US Daylight Time) if a user browses from central US.

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