FUNCTION 'GET_SYSTEM_TIMEZONE': difference to SY-ZONLO

[Clemenss]

Hi you,

always I used sy-zonlo to determine the time zone of the server. Now I'm working in an environment where someone always used FUNCTION 'GET_SYSTEM_TIMEZONE' for the same purpose.

What is the possible difference exceot that the function call may slow down the process.

TIA,

Clemens Li

[Former Member]

Hi,

I would assume there are two possible reasons:

1. The function module selects the timezone from a configuration table viz. TTZCU. Hence, here the timezone to be returned can be changed by a system administrator as per requirement by changing the table entry. However if you use the system field SY-ZONLO, you cannot change the system field.

2. The developer who used the function module, was not aware of a available system field :-). However as you said, using a system field is always beneficial from performance perspective.

Cheers,

Aditya

[Clemenss]

We just use SY-ZONLO as abbreviation of FUNCTION 'GET_SYSTEM_TIMEZONE' and have no issues.

Regards,

Clemens