What is the correct way to read out the current timezone of a Ni linux RT system?
I first looked into reading RTTarget.TimeZone from the ni-rt.ini, but it seems to me that this text field can be very many different formats. How can i either read out the GMT+- currently on the system or convert the tekst from the ini to something i can use? It seems to me the ini supports and sets different values depanding on where you set them from (max, webinterface, programmatically)
I saw somewhere that this was the supported list for the ini token (below), but i have also seen MET as a timezone so it seems to me that there should be a easier way to get the current timezone of the system.
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Without DST With DST UTC offset sec String that shows up in UI drop down box
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("UTC12", "UTC12UDT", -1200) // (GMT-12) International Date Line West
("BST11", "BST11BDT", -1100) // (GMT-11) Midway Island, Samoa, Bering Straits
("HST10", "HST10HDT", -1000) // (GMT-10) Hawaii, Aleutian Islands
("MART9:30", "MART9:30MARDT", -950) // (GMT-9:30) French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands
("AST9", "AST9ADT", -900) // (GMT-9) Alaska
("PST8", "PST8PDT", -800) // (GMT-8) Pacific Time (US & Canada), Tijuana
("MST7", "MST7MDT", -700) // (GMT-7) Mountain Time (US & Canada), Mazatlan
("CST6", "CST6CDT", -600) // (GMT-6) Central Time (US & Canada), Mexico City
("EST5", "EST5EDT", -500) // (GMT-5) Eastern Time (US & Canada), Bogota, Lima
("AST4", "AST4ADT", -400) // (GMT-4) Central Brazil, Santiago, Caracas, La Paz
("NST3:30", "NST3:30NDT", -350) // (GMT-3:30) Canada (Newfoundland Standard Time)
("GRNLNDST3", "GRNLNDST3GRNLNDDT", -300) // (GMT-3) Greenland, East Brazil, Buenos Aires
("FALKST2", "FALKST2FALKDT", -200) // (GMT-2) Falkland Islands, Mid-Atlantic
("AZOREST1", "AZOREST1AZOREDT", -100) // (GMT-1) Azores, Cape Verde Islands
("CUT0", "CUT0GDT", 0) // (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time
("GMT0", "GMT0BST", 0) // (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Lisbon
("NFT-1", "NFT-1DFT", 100) // (GMT+1) Continental Europe, West Central Africa
("WET-2", "WET-2WET", 200) // (GMT+2) Finland, Athens, Jerusalem, Bucharest
("USAST-2", "USAST-2USADT", 200) // (GMT+2) South Africa, Cairo, Istanbul, Beirut
("SAUST-3", "SAUST-3SAUDT", 300) // (GMT+3) Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Nairobi
("MEST-3", "MEST-3MEDT", 300) // (GMT+3) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd
("IRST-3:30", "IRST-3:30IRDT", 350) // (GMT+3:30) Iran
("WST-4", "WST-4WDT", 400) // (GMT+4) Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan
("AFT-4:30", "AFT-4:30AFDT", 450) // (GMT+4:30) Afghanistan
("PAKST-5", "PAKST-5PAKDT", 500) // (GMT+5) Pakistan, Islamabad, Tashkent, Ekaterinburg
("IST-5:30", "IST-5:30IDT", 550) // (GMT+5:30) India, Sri Lanka
("NPT-5:45", "NPT-5:45NPDT", 575) // (GMT+5:45) Nepal
("TASHST-6", "TASHST-6TASHDT", 600) // (GMT+6) Almaty, Novosibirsk, Astana, Dhaka
("MMT-6:30", "MMT-6:30MMDT", 650) // (GMT+6:30) Myanmar, Cocos Islands
("THAIST-7", "THAIST-7THAIDT", 700) // (GMT+7) Thailand, Jakarta, Krasnoyarsk
("WAUST-8", "WAUST-8WAUDT", 800) // (GMT+8) Western Australia, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
("TAIST-8", "TAIST-8TAIDT", 800) // (GMT+8) Taiwan, Beijing, Hong Kong, Urumqi, Irkutsk
("CWST-8:45", "CWST-8:45AW", 875) // (GMT+8:45) Western Australia (Caiguna-Eucla)
("JST-9", "JST-9JSTDT", 900) // (GMT+9) Japan
("KORST-9", "KORST-9KORDT", 900) // (GMT+9) Korea, Yakutsk
("CST-9:30", "CST-9:30AS", 950) // (GMT+9:30) South Australia, Northern Territory, Broken Hill
("EET-10", "EET-10EETDT", 1000) // (GMT+10) Eastern Australia, Guam, Hobart
("LHST-10:30", "LHST-10:30LH", 1050) // (GMT+10:30) Lord Howe Island
("MET-11", "MET-11METDT", 1100) // (GMT+11) Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Magadan
("NFT-11:30", "NFT-11:30NFDT", 1150) // (GMT+11:30) Norfolk Island
("NZST-12", "NZST-12NZDT", 1200) // (GMT+12) New Zealand, Fiji, Kamchatka
("CHAST-12:45", "CHAST-12:45CHADT", 1275) // (GMT+12:45) New Zealand (Chatham Islands)
("TOT-13", "TOT-13TDT", 1300) // (GMT+13:00) Nuku'alofa
Regards
Mrmas
