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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/filiph/tmzns
• Owner: filiph
• Created: 2015-03-13T07:28:21.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-03-15T23:35:28.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-30T05:35:40.549Z (8 days ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 15.3 MB
• Stars: 9
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 32
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  • Readme: README.md

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# TMZNS

TMZNS is a free, open-sourced timezone converter.

## This is now available at [tmzns.com](http://www.tmzns.com/) or as a [Chrome Web Store app](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fgkienloijjhkoegoacpnfknffgnlkde).

Finding out the actual time difference between two places is hard. There are online converters that can do that for you, but their user experience sucks. I always wondered why someone doesn't fix this -- until I ultimately decided to try & fix it myself.

And boy, was I surprised how hard this problem is! If you think this is a simple algorithm, think again. Timezones and daylight saving times around the world are a mess. Fortunately, the great people at [tzdata](http://code.google.com/p/tzdata/) are publishing an open-source database of all the info needed. So I was able to focus on user experience.

This is also an exercise of using Google's Closure Library & Compiler, which is why the code looks structured and everything "just works" (although, as always, YMMV).