Github user omalley commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/orc/pull/265#discussion_r186474701
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@@ -710,7 +710,11 @@ namespace orc {
* Get the local timezone.
*/
const Timezone& getLocalTimezone() {
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+ return getTimezoneByName("UTC");
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Because there isn't a direct windows equivalent.
Here is what Java writes about it-
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/troubleshoot/time-zone002.html
There is a registry setting, but it uses a non-standard set of names *doh*.
The easiest way would be to create a Java jar and run that to determine the
local timezone.
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