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How can I obtain the current country/region of the computer

BabyDoragon — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 02:06:13 GMT

It is necessary to record the user's region ( likes US, Canada, Europe, etc. ). May I ask what methods are available to obtain the current country/region of the computer? Is it possible to get it using Get Environment Variable()? I couldn't find which variables this function can retrieve.

Re: How can I obtain the current country/region of the computer

txnelson — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 03:46:37 GMT

I believe you have to get it from the Windows Registry.

powershellCmd = "powershell -command \!"(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\TimeZoneInformation' -Name 'TimeZoneKeyName').TimeZoneKeyName\!"";

timezone = RunProgram(
  executable("cmd.exe"),
  options({"/C", powershellCmd}),
  readFunction("Text")
);

Show(timezone);

Re: How can I obtain the current country/region of the computer

BabyDoragon — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 04:50:32 GMT

I would like to confirm whether the returned timezone information differentiates between specific regions.
For example, both Japan and Korea are in the +9 timezone—will it return "Tokyo Standard Time" and "Seoul Standard Time" separately?
Or will it show the same name for both, such as "Tokyo Standard Time," to indicate the timezone?