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Challenge #368: Time Zones

CasperBuenting
7 - Meteor
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A somewhat "unique" solution... but it works

dYoast
11 - Bolide

The hard part was getting the UTC offsets converted to integers.  Finally found a way.

 

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sylviayang
7 - Meteor

Finding my solutions a little bit daunting. I will try to use Regex to parse the time


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jagdeep_singh85
8 - Asteroid

PFA my solution

VladimirR
8 - Asteroid

My solution:

 

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Keyly
7 - Meteor

Here is my solution:

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Key Point:
1. Split Column to Row for [country_code]
2. Split City from [TZ_database_name]
3. Clean [UTC_ofset_STD] and convert to number for calculation the time diff

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FilipR
11 - Bolide

Solved.

 

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elena_mazareanu
8 - Asteroid

Solved

Shifty
12 - Quasar

Time ticked away on this one. 

 

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bkclaw113
10 - Fireball

I did complete in Designer Cloud, but still do not find it as intuitive as Designer. Guess practice is what is needed. Also the solution here is a little sloppy since it would not work for half hour differences like you get in India.

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