var date = new Date();
	var localTime = date.getTime(); // gets local time
	var localOffset = date.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000; // get local time zone offset
	var assemblyOffset = Things[assemblyName].timeZone; // gets assembly time zone
	// obtain UTC time in msec
	var utc = localTime + localOffset;
	// create new Date object for different city
	// using supplied offset * below utc + can be converted to utc - based on the input offset*
	// currently for IST +5.5 , for Durban +2, for sweden +1 is accepted as timezone offset
	var newDate = new Date(utc + (3600000 * assemblyOffset));
	//var sdf = "dd MMMM";
	var dateValue = new Date(newDate);


	//var formattedDate = dateFormat(dateValue, sdf);
	//var days = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'];
	//var dayName = days[dateValue.getDay()];
	//var result = dayName+ " " + formattedDate+ " " + dateValue.toLocaleTimeString().slice(0,-4);

	var result = dateValue.toLocaleTimeString().slice(0, -4); // gets hh:mm:ss format