Determination of applicable time zone of a web browser

A system for establishing an applicable local time zone of a web browser in a computing environment, comprising:

• a time zone module, operable in the computing environment in collaboration with the web browser, wherein the time zone module is adapted for:
• querying a plurality of time zone offsets over a predetermined period of time to obtain a listing of possible time zones,
• selecting ones of the listing of possible time zones matching a polled absolute coordinated universal time (UTC) offset,
• assigning a plurality of weights to the selected ones of the listing of possible time zones based on at least one of the matching polled absolute UTC offset, a matching daylight savings observance type, a matching Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) accept-language header and a human population size, and
• sorting the listing of possible time zones based on the plurality of assigned weights.

A computer program product for establishing an applicable local time zone of a web browser in a computing environment, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• a first executable portion for querying a plurality of time zone offsets over a predetermined period of time to obtain a listing of possible time zones;
• a second executable portion for selecting ones of the listing of possible time zones matching a polled absolute coordinated universal time (UTC) offset;
• a third executable portion for assigning a plurality of weights to the selected ones of the listing of possible time zones based on at least one of the matching polled absolute UTC offset, a matching daylight savings observance type, a matching Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) accept-language header and a human population size;
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• a fourth executable portion for sorting the listing of possible time zones based on the plurality of assigned weights.