Adjust time in body of email based on time zone email is opened

[288enzo]

Currently I'm using the following in my email:

    time_am = "<center>" & font_red & "===> Check your local time zone <===<br>" _
        & "10:00 AM -- Eastern Time<br>" _
        & "9:00 AM -- Central Time<br>" _
        & "7:00 AM -- Pacific Time</center></b>" & time_end

What would be outstanding is if I didn't need to break it down and only the start time would show based on the time zone the user opens the email.

Is this even possible?

Thank you,

 

[6StringJazzer]

What is your total code for building the email body?

There might be a way to do this with an HTML email body that includes JavaScript, but it won't work if your recipient has their email client configured to read all email as plain text, or does not allow JavaScript to run.

var now = new Date();

That will create a new Date object with the client's local time, which can then be queried to show the local time.

I haven't done this so I can't provide a full-blown solution.

 

[288enzo]

What is your total code for building the email body?

There might be a way to do this with an HTML email body that includes JavaScript, but it won't work if your recipient has their email client configured to read all email as plain text, or does not allow JavaScript to run.

var now = new Date();

That will create a new Date object with the client's local time, which can then be queried to show the local time.

I haven't done this so I can't provide a full-blown solution.

Thank you. I'll play around with it and see how it goes.

 

[288enzo]

What is your total code for building the email body?

There might be a way to do this with an HTML email body that includes JavaScript, but it won't work if your recipient has their email client configured to read all email as plain text, or does not allow JavaScript to run.

var now = new Date();

That will create a new Date object with the client's local time, which can then be queried to show the local time.

I haven't done this so I can't provide a full-blown solution.

Not knowing how the recipient's client is configured is an issue. Any other way without Java?

 

[6StringJazzer]

JavaScript, not Java. Two different things.

I don't know if any other way to do this, although I don't know everything there is to know. The email standard is not designed to have active content, so active content is treated based on the capabilities and configuration of the receiving client. There is no guarantee that a given client will support or permit JavaScript, or even HTML. Some people do not like to allow their clients to run active content because of the potential for malware to execute. I don't know of any other way to get active content into an email other than JavaScript in HTML.