timezone of client to use in STM trafficscript

[jochenmaurer]

Hi All,

does anybody already managed to use the clients-timezone within a trafficscript rule?

i know it could be found via javascript-function, but i don't have a idea how to transport this information to STM...

-Jochen

[dnahas · Accepted solution]

One example using an external service to map the geoip information into a timezone name or ID.

$ip = request.getRemoteIP();
$lat = geo.getLatitude( $ip );
$long = geo.getLongitude( $ip );

$googlejson = http.request.get( 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/timezone/json?location='.$lat.','.$long.'&timestamp=0&sensor=fa...' );

$googlehash = json.deserialize( $googlejson );
$timeZoneName = $googlehash['timeZoneName'];
$timeZoneId = $googlehash['timeZoneId'];

log.info( "Time Zone Name: ".$timeZoneName );
log.info( "Time Zone ID: ".$timeZoneId );

*This rule will add the time it will take to look up the information form Google.

**I would read the  The Google Time Zone API - Google Maps API Web Services — Google Developers before use. You may want to get your own key.