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Henri Yandell commented on LANG-763:
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First problem I hit is in building the code. The Timezone class has a new
method in Java 7 (observesDaylightTime()), so the code fails to build on
earlier versions.
Is it possible to extend SimpleTimeZone so this new method is hidden to our
source?
> Reintroduce DateUtils.UTC_TIME_ZONE constant
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> Key: LANG-763
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-763
> Project: Commons Lang
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: lang.time.*
> Affects Versions: 3.0.1
> Reporter: Attila Király
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: Review Patch
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> In LANG-691 DateUtils.UTC_TIME_ZONE was removed because TimeZone-s are
> mutable. However it was a handy constant. So it would be nice if it could be
> reintroduced in an immutable way. For example:
> - by creating a new static method DateUtils.utcTimeZone() {return
> TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");}
> - or by creating an immutable timezone type (subclassing maybe SimpleTimeZone)
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