How to make a clock showing UK time but the whole application is working in India Time

Question

I have the following Code -

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
function startTime() {
    var today=new Date();
    var h=today.getHours();
    var m=today.getMinutes();
    var s=today.getSeconds();
    m = checkTime(m);
    s = checkTime(s);
    document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML = h+":"+m+":"+s;
    var t = setTimeout(function(){startTime()},500);
}

function checkTime(i) {
    if (i<10) {i = "0" + i};  // add zero in front of numbers < 10
    return i;
}
</script>
</head>

<body onload="startTime()">

<div id="txt"></div>

</body>
</html>

This code was refrenced from w3schools. But this code takes time from our system. But I want a javascript or server side method in PHP in which I can show UK time at the top of my page. It is easy to do so If I change the timezone to UK time in my config file but I want India time everywhere except that clock at the top of the page.

Javascript runs on the client's own machine (the user's machine), not on your server. So, whoever runs this will get the time on their own computer. — Cully, May 08 '14 at 08:02
I mean I can avoid javascript, Is there any method to get two formats time from server? — Nikunj Kumar, May 08 '14 at 08:03
Consider using the [free clock on your site tool from TimeAndDate.com](http://www.timeanddate.com/clocks/free.html) — Matt Johnson-Pint, May 08 '14 at 16:55

Adil Shaikh · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-08T08:09:21.993

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Simply use getUTCDate or toUTCString

var d = new Date(); // local date
var n = d.getUTCDate(); // utc date

to get full date string

var d = new Date(); 
var n = d.toUTCString();

Demo --> http://jsfiddle.net/gPRBH/

edited May 08 '14 at 08:09

answered May 08 '14 at 08:03

Adil Shaikh

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But if I alert n it shows only the hours not the minutsand seconds – Nikunj Kumar May 08 '14 at 08:06
UTC only aligns with the UK during the winter. You also need to account for daylight saving time (BST) – Matt Johnson-Pint May 08 '14 at 16:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 08 '14 at 08:09

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Use getUTCDate() and the related getUTC...() methods to access a time based off UTC time, and then convert.

answered May 08 '14 at 08:09

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How to make a clock showing UK time but the whole application is working in India Time

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