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How to get current time zone and display in cell in Excel?

Do you know how to find out what time zone a system is set to in your computer? Here I will show you an easy way to get it down in Excel.

Get current time zone and display in cell with User-defined function

Get current time zone and display in cell with User-defined function

The following user-defined function will help you to display the current time zone of system directly in needed cells in Excel. Please do as follows.

1. Press the Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, click Insert > Module. Then copy below VBA code into the Module window.

VBA code: Get current time zone in Excel

Function GetTimeZoneAtPresent() As String
'Updated by Extendoffice 20180814
    Dim xObjIs, xObjI
On Error GoTo ER
    Set xObjIs = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2").ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_TimeZone")
    If xObjIs.Count = 1 Then
        For Each xObjI In xObjIs
            If Len(xObjI.Caption) > 1 Then
                GetTimeZoneAtPresent = xObjI.Caption
                Exit Function
            Else
                GetTimeZoneAtPresent = "Null"
                Exit Function
            End If
        Next
    End If
ER:
    GetTimeZoneAtPresent = "Failed"
End Function

3. Press the Alt + Q keys to exit the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

4. Select a cell you need to display the time zone, type this formula: =GetTimeZoneAtPresent() and press the Enter key to get the time zone detail. See screenshot:

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ZMGIT
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How do I add a label to the output? so it says something like "Current TZ: (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)" and not just "(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)"
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Hi ZMGIT,
The following VBA code can do you a favor. Please give it a try.

Function GetTimeZoneAtPresent() As String
'Updated by Extendoffice 20220402
Dim xObjIs, xObjI
On Error GoTo ER
Set xObjIs = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2").ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_TimeZone")
If xObjIs.Count = 1 Then
For Each xObjI In xObjIs
If Len(xObjI.Caption) > 1 Then
GetTimeZoneAtPresent = "Current TZ:" & xObjI.Caption
Exit Function
Else
GetTimeZoneAtPresent = "Null"
Exit Function
End If
Next
End If
ER:
GetTimeZoneAtPresent = "Failed"
End Function
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Tim Tenessee
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This macro is not taking daylight savings into account. I am in Continental Europe and the current time here is UTC+2, namely one hour earlier than London plus 1 hour for summer time. The function says "(UTC+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague" which would be correct during winter but not during summer
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Amy S.
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This worked brilliantly. I'm writing an IF statement off of this though. Do you have a list of the values that this formula could potentially display?
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