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Anthony Whitford commented on MPIR-171:
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I second the idea of using
[TimeZone|http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/TimeZone.html]
values instead of an integer offset. The offset idea is flawed because it does
not account for daylight savings. For example, consider the TimeZone
"{{America/Los_Angeles}}": Los Angeles is in the Pacific Time Zone, which is
GMT-8 during Standard Time and GMT-7 during Daylight Saving Time. Some time
zones will not adjust for daylight savings. Finally, countries will change
their time zone rules, specifically adjusting when they start and end daylight
savings.
> support "TimeZones" as a timezone
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>
> Key: MPIR-171
> URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPIR-171
> Project: Maven 2.x Project Info Reports Plugin
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 2.1.2
> Reporter: James Nord
> Priority: Trivial
>
> The POM XSD defiens the TimeZone as an xs:string (although the descriptions
> says an integer between -11 and 12)
> If the desctription is enforced you can not be in a timezone that is not a
> multiple of 1 hour away from UTC (e.g. certain parts of india)
> So the description is wrong and it's just a String.
> So why not support a full formatted timezone such as Europe/London, then the
> mpir can use funky javascript to show your actual time including any daylight
> saving offset. (as opposed to a fixed offset from GMT ignoring DST changes)
> e.g. support
> {code:xml}<developers>
> <developer>
> <id>bob</id>
> <name>Bob Hacker</name>
> <email>[email protected]</email>
> <timezone>Europe/London</timezone>
> <roles>
> <role>developer</role>
> </roles>
> </developer>
> </developers>{code}
> Currently the site shows NaN for the Current time.
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