# Time: Greenwich **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [September 8, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-greenwich/5332 "2002-09-08T03:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Neanderthal\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ed655f/32.png) [@Neanderthal\_Man](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Neanderthal_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-greenwich/5332/1 "2002-09-08T03:07:48Z")
Hi, how do you set up time to show Greenwich current time? thanks yes, i do know how to show the visitor’s current time… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-greenwich/5332/2 "2002-09-08T03:10:02Z")
There is not a way that I know of to do that, you can always have a clock show but it will only show Greenwich time if the user is connecting from a Greenwich timezone! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-greenwich/5332/3 "2002-09-08T03:38:20Z")
I wrote a tutorial on making clocks in Flash MX (the tutorial works for Flash 5 also). It reads the time off of the viewers computer, so no matter where you are at, it will display the time in that area. [Clock Tutorial](http://www.8ballcreations.com/lostinbeta/experimental/clocktutorial.html) There is the link to the tutorial if you want to check it out. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-greenwich/5332/4 "2002-09-08T04:35:38Z")
what if you retrieve the pc’s time zone? like: (GMT -06:00) Central Time(US & Canada) and calculate the differences… is there a way to call the time zone setting through flash… i know it will be different settings through different OS, but once one side is discovered and known to be possible, we can work the others… ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-greenwich/5332/5 "2002-09-08T04:59:37Z")
Maybe if you have a pull down menu with a list of time zones the user can pick and then determine the time from that either adding or subtracting hours! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-greenwich/5332/6 "2002-09-08T05:02:46Z")
I could do that, but I don’t know the hourly difference in time zones. Or even where certain time zones begin and where certain time zones end. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-greenwich/5332/7 "2002-09-08T05:18:06Z")
Go to most forum user preferences and where you select your time zone it shows them all! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-greenwich/5332/8 "2002-09-08T05:34:07Z")
Awesome, I will most certainly do that one day. Hopefully one day very very soon, when I get enough free time.