Mike Kear wrote: > And Yes, I know I could use Locale, but I developed this method of handling
locale has nothing to do w/timezone (tz) or DST. > it before I learned about locale. Anyway, Australian daylight savings > change dates differ from year to year as the politicians get it into their actually it doesn't change all that often. if you look at the olsen tz data, there aren't all that many historical tz compared to regional/national ones (but there are enough to worry some folks). > heads to change things. I'm not at all confident that the folks at Adobe or > Microsoft will keep abreast of our daylight savings debates and many neither is responsible for cf's tz data. that comes from the olsen db & is found within the JVM. sun usually stays on top of these sort of things. > changes. (for example the NSW government brought forward the change to > summer time by 8 weeks prior to the 2000 Olympics to suit NBC's prime time > schedule). just curious, was that DST change made across all of australia? was it found in the olsen data for the JVM version for that time period? if so did it get a special name? did the changes "stick"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:226748 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
