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RFC 73 : Add testdriver.js support for the timeZone WebDriver command. #73

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RFC 73 : Add testdriver.js support for the `timeZone` WebDriver command.
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# RFC 73 : Add testdriver.js support for the `timeZone` WebDriver command.

## Summary
Add testdriver.js support for the `timeZone` WebDriver extension, which will
allow setting the current time zone in the browser. This extension is specced
as part of the [HTML spec](https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/3047).

## Details
Changing the time zone is not available via normal web APIs. To test the effect
of changing time zone on the `timezonechange` event there needs to be a way
to instruct the browser to act as if the time zone is changing: this WebDriver
extension provides that ability.
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Worth mentioning that this command is also useful to test PWAs that take into account the user's local time zone? IOW, it's useful even if timezonechange didn't exist.

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Are you thinking from the context of WPT still, or from the context of a web-developer (or PWA developer) who might want to test their site/app?

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Oh yeah, I was talking about the WebDriver command, not the testdriver.js change. Ignore me! :)

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Not at all - that info helps inform us that this WebDriver extension is probably useful outside of the scope of WPT. Those tend to be even easier to accept, since there's a valid use for them in the 'real world' :)


## Risks
* The WebDriver endpoint is new and may still require changes, which would then
affect the testdriver.js API as well.
* The WebDriver endpoint is very specific and will likely only be used for a
small set of tests, so the maintenance to value ratio may be low.
* That said, testdriver.js is designed to make supporting a command
low-maintenance, and to not require every executor to support every
testdriver.js command.