I have date info I'll need to show. Will var now = new Date() be accurate?

Yes... sorry, I asked poorly. I do know about that.

I mean, once I have a nice, valid Date object set up, when I do aDate.getHour() can I count on what I get?

Backstory: My data interchange format for dates is ISO 8601:2004 so we have a function that reliably instantiates a Date object based on that time taking into account timezone offset. Once a Date object is instantiated, normally something like aDate.getHour() returns an hour based on the instantiated date as represented by the user's local settings. So, for instance, I'll instantiate a time outside of my timezone and it will know what that means to me where I am:

> var d = new Date()
< undefined
> d.setISO8601('2009-12-07T10:00:00-0400')
< The Date obj thinks it's: Mon Dec 07 2009 08:00:00 GMT-0600 (CST)

Will the Yahoo TV Widget platform do the same, returning what that time means based on the user's settings/locations/whatever?

No the widget engine will always use GMT time regardless of user settings.

FYI, there is a spot for both ZIP code and time zone in the settings.

Not that other widgets can access. So again, my point stands. :)Or... at the same moment, if var dateObj = new Date (getRealTime() * 1000) were run on a device in New York and a device in California, would there be any difference between the two dateObjs? It sounds like you're saying dateObj.getHours() will return the same thing in both instances.