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This function returns the time zone specified in the time zone parameter.

timeZone(text) #Output: TimeZone

Parser expression

Description

timeZone("DST")

This example returns the DST time zone.

timeZone(projectProperty("timeZone"))

This example returns the time zone configured in the current project as a project property.

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`text`		The time zone used for the calculation. The input value must be a text.

This function returns a

This function is useful to obtain a time zone from a text, for example if the user time zone is stored as the value in the project properties.

Use cases and examples

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Notes	Workaround Since to convert string to date time values the string needs to be written in the ISO 8601 format, the time zones will always be just like it is explained here. With this in mind, a workaround can be build if needed using our parser function getMatchingValue().