Thanks for your reply. My users select a timezone from a list. I do not think that +0600 will be as clear as Etc/GMT+6, so it looks like I am going to have to do a workaround for this. ;-(
I think I can maybe store +0600 but show Etc/GMT+6 to the user (via an HTML select), but I will have to see... ᐧ On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Eric Brine <ikeg...@adaelis.com> wrote: > It does, however, support "+XXXX" and "-XXXX". > > $ perl -MDateTime -E'DateTime->today(time_zone => "+0600"); say "ok"' > ok > > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 11:13 PM, Steve James <4steveja...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I am the principal developer for the FreeToastHost website system, a free >> website provider, content management system, and email list server used by >> over >> 10,000+ Toastmasters public speaking clubs worldwide. Toastmasters is a >> non-profit and much of the labor to support clubs is done on a volunteer >> basis. FreeToastHost is an independent effort created by Toastmasters club >> members from open source libraries and via volunteer labor. (myself >> included) FreeToastHost uses a number of your DateTime module functions. >> >> We have recently ran into an issue where it appears that DateTime does >> not support "Etc/" style names for timezones. (e.g. "Etc/GMT+6") >> >> For example, the following produces an exception for me when running in a >> plain vanilla test script: >> >>> my $today = DateTime->today(time_zone => 'Etc/GMT+6'); >> >> >> Is there something I am missing or is this as intended? >> >> -- >> *Steve James* >> *Linkedin: **http://www.linkedin.com/in/sejames* >> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/sejames> >> ᐧ >> > > -- *Steve James* PE, CPE, PMP, Six Sigma Blackbelt *Cell:* 818-570-1197 *Email:* 4steveja...@gmail.com *Linkedin: **http://www.linkedin.com/in/sejames* <http://www.linkedin.com/in/sejames>
