Makes sense. Thanks for the response!
--Bill
On 4/26/06, Chris Hostetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> : Why does DateTools.dateToString() return a String representation of my
> Date,
> : but in a different TimeZone. Does it use its own Calendar/TimeZone
> settings?
>
> Yes, DateTime is hardcoded to use GMT for it's string representations.
>
> It wouldn't be safe for DateTools to use your current TimeZone/Locale,
> because once you've indexed the value, your index might be used by another
> application (or another instance of your application) running in a
> differnet locale.
>
> The important thing is not what string DateTools.dateToString returns,
> it's whether you get an equivilent date back (based on the resolution you
> specified)) when you do something like this...
>
> Date a = ...;
> DateTools.Resolution r = ...;
> Date b = DateTools.stringToDate(DateTools.dateToString(a,r));
> System.out.println("Is '"+a+"' the same as '"+b+"' with "+r+"
> resolution?");
>
>
> -Hoss
>
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