Got it. Thanks Benoît.
On Apr 2, 2017, 20:51, at 20:51, "Benoît Minisini" <gam...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: >Le 03/04/2017 à 00:48, d4t4f...@gmail.com a écrit : >> I do not see the need to "force" developers needing timezone handling >> functionality to add a reference to gb.util.web; expecting to have >> timezone capability in a web component is simply not intuitive. >> >> Couldn't the timezone be a new property of the Date type/object, >> defaulting to the System's timezone? This way older programs and >> interpreters ignoring it would still work. >> >> An alternative would be to add an (optional) timezone pareter to >> DateAdd, and/or a new Format specifier for timezone. I do not have it >> present now, but if Gambas has Dateserial/Timeserial functions, they >> could too receive timezone as optional info. >> >> Just my two cents. zxMarce >> > >A lot of confusion again... > >Time is absolute in Gambas: there is no timezone associated with a >Gambas date/time value. > >Timezone is a local concept. By the way you have System.Timezone to get > >the local timezone of your system. > >When I talk about gb.util.web, I think about a function that convert a >standard (RFC #xxxx) date/time string representation with a timezone to > >a Gambas date/time value. > >Of course, it can be in gb.util. It depends on the format. If it is a >specific web date format, it's logical to put it in gb.util.web >instead. > >Regards, > >-- >Benoît Minisini > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >_______________________________________________ >Gambas-user mailing list >Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user