Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB Class: SunAndShadowSettings

SunAndShadowSettings.CalculateTimeZone

Method

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

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.

Syntax

public static double CalculateTimeZone(
	double latitude,
	double longitude
)

Public Shared Function CalculateTimeZone ( 
	latitude As Double,
	longitude As Double
) As Double

public:
static double CalculateTimeZone(
	double latitude, 
	double longitude
)

static member CalculateTimeZone : 
        latitude : float * 
        longitude : float -> float

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
latitude	Double	The latitude.
longitude	Double	The longitude.

Return Value

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