Thanks for the incite it's been very helpful.
Let me explain the situation a little bit further because I'm not sure I
explained it well enough. It's our client and our server. The client
is PowerBuilder and the server is AXIS. PowerBuilder is not providing
the timezone information to AXIS and I'm pretty sure that PowerBuilder's
Web Service library probably doesn't support it. Would this possibly
cause the issues with daylight savings time? Because I would think that
AXIS would take care of this.
Joe
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Joe, XML Schema dateTimes follow ISO 8601 which supports time zones, if
specified.
In the case of:
<in2 s:type="y:dateTime">2006-01-01T05:00:00.000</in2>
there is no time zone specifies, hence the time zone is 'unknown'.
To specify GMT, i.e. Coordinated Universal Time, use:
<in2 s:type="y:dateTime">2006-01-01T05:00:00.000Z</in2>
If time zones are an issue for you then you need to consult the web service
provider to determine what they are providing. If they are not specifying a
time zone but are providing time-sensitive data then it is likely that they
are using what is local time for the host server. You could try to persuade
the provider to specify a time zone. Failing that, you will need to make
adjustments that take into consideration daylight-saving time, if necessary.
To make things worse (for some people), the U.S. Government are currently
involved in moves to change the starting and finishing dates for
daylight-saving time (possibly with effect from this Fall). This is likely
to have a knock-on effect in Canada but that too is complicated by the fact
that daylight-saving issues are determined at the provincial rather than the
federal level in Canada so synchronization with the U.S. may be partial!
Jeff Lawson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Plautz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 3:59 PM
Subject: DateTime
Hello,
We're having some issues calling a web service with a datetime
attribute. We're getting a date from the that looks like this,
<in2 s:type="y:dateTime">2006-01-01T05:00:00.000</in2>
which is causing issues all over the place. What I want to know is, what
timezone does this default to? Will it be the default? Will it take into
account for day light savings, because that's where our issue is. Any
help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Joe Plautz
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