how to convert the datetime specific to browser's settings in Javascript?

Question

Hi, I am using jquerry to display the calender to pick the date in my mvc application. i need to display the date in the converted format depending upon the browsers settings. if its newzeland, then i need to show the dateformat based on their language. how to do this?

below is my javascript

$(function() {
    $('#StartDate').datepicker({
    showOn: 'button', '/i/CalendarIcon.png', buttonImageOnly: true
    });

    $('#EndDate').datepicker({
        showOn: 'button', '/i/CalendarIcon.png', buttonImageOnly: true
    });
});

Answer 1

The difficult part will be to detect the user's timezone. You can use the getTimezoneOffset method, but then you would need to run some code to concert the timezone to a location. The best and most reliable way is to ask your users about their location and date format preferences.

The datapicker widget supports localization. You can see a nice demo and of course you can modify the source to suit your needs.

Answer 2

You might want to take a look at datejs