How to get the device timezone (Olson format0

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Hello,

When I make a POST request to my API server I pass a timestamp that relates to my data. I also pass the timezone that the user is currently in. How with ionic/cordova can I get the device timezone? I’ve a native iOS app that I built where getting the device timezone was quite simple however my ionic app is for android and I can’t see a way to get the timezone.

I do not want the timeOffset as that does not take into consideration daylight savings.

Thanks
-Nate

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Use this plugin:
https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/reference/cordova-plugin-globalization/

Run this code:

navigator.globalization.getDatePattern(function(s){console.log(s);});

Output:

{pattern: "M/d/yy, h:mm a", timezone: "GMT", iana_timezone: "GMT", utc_offset: 0, dst_offset: 0}
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This plugin is deprecated now. use moment js instead of this.
let offset = moment().utcOffset();