Issue resolved here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2037
On Feb 19, 2:12 am, bw <[email protected]> wrote: > I found a pseudo-workaround that uses getResources().getConfiguration > ().locale.getCountry() and looks up timezone by country code. For any > country that contains more than 1 time zone, this will only calculate > time for one of those timezones. Also, this doesn't handle daylight > savings vs. standard time. > > -Ben > > Ps. Here's the code: > > Map<String, Integer> timeZoneOffsetMap = new HashMap<String, Integer> > (); > { > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("CZ",+1); // Czech Republic > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("AT",+1); // Austria > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("BE",+1); // Belgium > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("CH",+1); // Switzerland > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("DE",+1); // Germany > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("LI",+1); // Liechtenstein > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("LU",+1); // Luxembourg > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("AU",+11); // Australia > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("BE",+1); // Belgium > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("BW",+2); // Botswana > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("BZ",-6); // Belize > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("CA",-6); // Canada > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("GB",+0); // United Kingdom > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("HK",+8); // Hong Kong SAR China > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("IE",+0); // Ireland > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("IN",+6); // India > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("JM",-5); // Jamaica > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("MH",+12); // Marshall Islands > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("MT",+1); // Malta > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("NA",+1); // Namibia > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("NZ",+13); // New Zealand > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("PH",+8); // Philippines > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("PK",+5); // Pakistan > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("SG",+8); // Singapore > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("TT",-4); // Trinidad and Tobago > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("US",-6); // United States > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("VI",-4); // U.S. Virgin Islands > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("ZA",+2); // South Africa > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("FR",+1); // France > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("BE",+1); // Belgium > timeZoneOffsetMap.put("NL",+1); // Netherlands > } > > String country = context.getResources().getConfiguration > ().locale.getCountry().toUpperCase(); > int timeZoneOffset_hours = 0; > if(timeZoneOffsetMap.containsKey(country)) { > timeZoneOffset_hours= timeZoneOffsetMap.get(country); > > } > > int timeZoneOffset_millisec = timeZoneOffset_hours * 60 * 60 * 1000 > long now = System.currentTimeMillis() + timeZoneOffset_millisec; > > On Feb 18, 10:12 pm, bw <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I can't figure out how to get the local time zone... > > > TimeZone.getDefault() returns Pacific Time, while my phone's settings > > show the time zone correctly set to EST. > > > Thanks > > -Ben --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
