Ah OK, thanks for the clarification. Am I wrong in thinking that "Z" is explicitly defined as UTC?
Stephen Colebourne wrote: > Kenny MacLeod wrote: >> Folks, >> >> Take this simple unit test: >> >> DateTimeFormatter parser = ISODateTimeFormat.dateTimeParser(); >> DateTime time1 = new DateTime(2007,11,22,7,0,42,0,DateTimeZone.UTC); >> DateTime time2 = parser.parseDateTime("2007-11-22T07:00:42Z"); >> >> assertEquals(time1, time2); >> >> >> This fails, apparently because each DateTime instance contains a >> different instance of ISOChronology. time1 contains the static >> DateTimeZone.UTC instance, and the parsed time2 contains an instance >> manually assembled by the parser. Now, ISOChronology has no equals() >> method defined, nor do any of its superclasses, and so the equals >> comparison fails. > > The parsed ISOChronology will match that of the default time zone. To > parse the 'Z' and get UTC you need to call withOffsetParsed(): > > DateTime time2 = > parser.withOffsetParsed().parseDateTime("2007-11-22T07:00:42Z"); > > Stephen > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Joda-interest mailing list > Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest