----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephane Bailliez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ant Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 16:26 Subject: Re: cvs commit: jakarta-ant/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/util DateUtilsTest.java
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [...] > > > Fix the date util tests for where the local timezone isn't GMT+1. > > Dooh ! How stupid ! thanks ! > at least the benefit of being in france is that local time!=system time; its very easy coding in the UK in the winter months to write code that only works if the local time is GMT, then suddenly along comes april and everything breaks. Mind you, netscape did something similar in NS1 or NS2, the MFC CTimeSpan.GetDays() cant handle summertime/wintertime transitions either as it gets the #of elapsed days wrong... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
