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 Function3. 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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