When developing bot for Telegram is there any way to get user timezone? Date field in Message object contains UNIX timestamp only. I want to create bot sending some messages an fixed time of day to subscribed user. User can have different time zones and I don't want to force users to explicit send their timezone to bot in message.
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2No! There is no such ability currently in Telegram Bot API – ihoru Apr 26 '16 at 19:37
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It's imposible by standard Bot API.
You can ask user for location, and next, from this location calculate timezone for user.
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I've added /set_utc_offset command to my bot where users enter the time difference in minutes compared to UTC
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