I'm inclined to uncomment the lines in the systemv tz file. Have you confirmed that this works? That is, build a new version of Joda-time and try it out?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vladimir Sizikov Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:15 PM To: joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Joda-interest] Major issues with joda time on Ubuntu Linux Hi, I'm currently investigating a couple of JRuby issues related to Time (and JRuby uses joda-time internally, with much satisfaction, I might add). The particular issue is here: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-2541 Essentially, it boils down to a fact that Ubuntu users with US timezones end up getting the UTC as their default time zone rather than proper ones. It all starts with JDK (JDK 6 or openJDK), which returns "SystemV/PST8PDT" default timezone for those who are on Pacific Coast and "SystemV/EST5EDT" for those who are on East Coast. And, since JodaTime uses: forTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault()) it can't really understand such weird zones properly, and we end up with UTC. Pretty bad. :( Here's a small jruby snippet that shows the problem: jruby -rjava -e "p org.joda.time.DateTimeZone.getDefault.getID; p java.util.TimeZone.getDefault.getID" "UTC" "SystemV/PST8PDT" We basically just print out the IDs obtained from getDefault() methods from JDK and JodaTime. It would be really, really nice to have this fixed. So far, I see a couple of ways to do that: 1. In DateTimeZone.getConvertedId, add those SystemV conversions, so that "SystemV/PST8PDT" --> "PST8PDT", which is understood by JodaTime. 2. Uncomment SystemV/* definitions in tz's systemv file. Thanks, --Vladimir ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest
