Ben, you're right. I was trying to find a solution that simulates the behaviour of Oracle's ERROR_ON_OVERLAP_TIME setting. Is there a way to detect that no timezone information was provided?
Regards, Mo. On 11/1/07, Ben Kovitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would it be better to throw an exception because the time string is > invalid? > > If I understand things correctly, a date string can only be ambiguous if > it leaves out the time zone. For example, "2007-Nov-04 01:30 PDT" is > unambiguous. It's the exact same time as "2007-Nov-04 00:30 PST". > > Isn't it a mistake to use "(Europe/Berlin)" in a time string, because > Europe/Berlin specifies a *rule* for switching between daylight savings > time and standard time, not a specific time zone? > > Ben > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Stephen Colebourne > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 5:31 AM > To: Discussion of the Joda project > Subject: Re: [Joda-interest] Detect ambigious time when DST changes > > No there is no such method, or easy way at present. Sounds like a good > idea though. > > (Implementing it involves working out how close the instant is to the > DST transition as returned by DateTimeZone.nextTransition) > > Stephen > > Moritz Petersen wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > is there a simple and effective way to detect ambigious time when > > changing from DST back to standard time? > > > > For example: > > > > 28.10.2007 01:30 (Berlin/Germany) > > > > exists twice, once with DST and once at standard time. I would like to > > have something like: > > > > DateTime dt = new DateTime("28.10.2007 01:30"); // forget the syntax > > of the parameter it's just for demonstration. > > > > if (dt.isAmbigous()) { > > warning("Please provide timezone and DST information"); > > } > > > > Any advice? > > > > Thank you, > > Moritz. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Joda-interest mailing list > > Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Joda-interest mailing list > Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Joda-interest mailing list > Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest
