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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript Getters and Setters Getters

Josiah Schmidt
Josiah Schmidt
3,440 Points
Posted by Josiah Schmidt
Josiah Schmidt
3,440 Points

Time is wrong in WorkSpace

When I run this code in my Workspace, it says the Date()'s time is 21:00 and the dog is "sleeping," even though my computer's time is set to 16:00 (a.k.a. 4 pm). Is this something wrong with my code or something wrong with the Workspace?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

You forgot to say what the time actually was when you did this, but this is most likely just a time zone issue.

By default, the workspace server shows the time in UTC, so you might want to change this to your local time zone. This can be done by setting the TZ environment variable to a time zone specifier string. A typical string has 3 parts: a time zone acronym, a number of hours different from UTC, and a Daylight Saving time zone acronym (if DST is observed).

For examples, if you lived on the East coast of the USA, you could give this command: export TZ=EST5EDT or if you were in Germany: export TZ=MEZ-1MESZ.