Github user chonton commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/commons-lang/pull/296#discussion_r143748869
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+/*
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+ */
+package org.apache.commons.lang3.time;
+
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+/**
+ * Faster methods to produce custom time zones.
+ *
+ * @since 3.7
+ */
+public class FastTimeZone {
+
+ private static final TimeZone GREENWICH = new GmtTimeZone(false, 0, 0);
+
+ /**
+ * Get the GMT TimeZone.
+ * @return A TimeZone with a raw offset of zero.
+ */
+ public static TimeZone getGmtTimeZone() {
+ return GREENWICH;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Get a TimeZone, looking first for GMT custom ids, then falling back
to Olson ids.
+ * A GMT custom id has an optional prefix of GMT, followed by sign,
hours digit(s), optional
+ * colon(':'), and optional minutes digits: <em>[GMT] (+|-) Hours [[:]
Minutes]</em>
+ *
+ * @param id A GMT custom id or Olsen id
+ * @return A timezone
+ */
+ public static TimeZone getTimeZone(String id) {
+ TimeZone tz = getGmtTimeZone(id);
+ if (tz != null) {
+ return tz;
+ }
+ return TimeZone.getTimeZone(id);
+ }
+
+ private static final Pattern GMT_PATTERN =
Pattern.compile("^(?:(?i)GMT)?([+-])?(\\d\\d?)?(:?(\\d\\d?))?$");
+
+ /**
+ * Get a TimeZone with GMT offsets. A GMT offset must be either 'Z'
or match
+ * (GMT)? hh?(:?mm?)?, where h and m are digits representing hours and
minutes.
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