NSTimeZone: what is the difference between localTimeZone and systemTimeZone?

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The user (or your application or an other application) may change either the default time zone for an application (using +[NSTimeZone setDefaultTimeZone]) or the system time zone (using System Preferences) at any time. +[NSTimeZone localTimeZone] returns a proxy that will always act as if it is the current default time zone for the application, even if that default changes. You could change the default time zone for an application to make it behave as if it were in a different time zone.

+[NSTimeZone systemTimeZone] returns the current system time zone (as set using System Preferences). In most cases, these will be the same (the app’s default time zone is set to the system time zone at app startup, I believe).

If you want to know the system’s time zone setting, you probably want to use +[NSTimeZone systemTimeZone]. If you just want the correct time zone for your app to work in, you probably want +[NSTimeZone localTimeZone].

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