Time zones Mar15 '06

I am in dire need of a good way to "convert" local times to a specified time zone.

For example, if someone sets a project up at 8 AM Florida time (Eastern Standard Time) - how could I convert that to Central Time?

Sure, I could simply subtract an hour from it, but I don’t want to have to do this manually. I want it to be figured out automatically by a script.

I want all times, no matter what local city they originate from, to be converted to Central Standard Time.

So, simply subtracting won’t even work, because first the script has to figure out what time zone the specified time is originating from.

Every "project" has an address. Every address has a zip code. So... using that zip code, there should be some way to query for the time zone, and then do the conversion to CST.

I am thinking along the lines of an API, such as Google Maps, but I have yet to find anything useful.

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