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SunAndShadowSettings.CalculateTimeZone

Public Class

Use Revit’s utilities to calculate the time zone for a given longitude and latitude.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB

Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public static double CalculateTimeZone(
  double latitude,
  double longitude
)

Parameters

latitudeDouble

The latitude.

longitudeDouble

The longitude.

Return Value

Double
The time zone, in hours, ranging from +12 hours to -12 hours with 0 being GMT.

Remarks

For some latitude and longitude boundary cases, the time zone calculated may not be correct. The API offers the ability to adjust the time zone independent of Revit’s calculations for situations where this happens.