NetSuite Admin Tip | Using SuiteQL to Retrieve Time Zone Offset and Session Time Zone

In many applications, accurately handling time zones is essential for ensuring consistency across various regions. SQL provides straightforward methods for retrieving the time zone offset and session time zone, enabling precise time adjustments.

In NetSuite, when working with time zones in SuiteQL, there are two key functions to understand: TZ_OFFSET and SESSIONTIMEZONE. These functions allow you to determine time zone offsets for specific regions and to retrieve the session's current time zone, which can be essential for managing dates and times accurately in your NetSuite reports and scripts.

To retrieve both the time zone offset for a specific region and the session's time zone, you can combine these functions in a single query: