A patch to java.util.TimeZone

[Ito Kazumitsu]

Attached is a patch to java.util.TimeZone which

  (1) avoids getTimeZone(ID) returning null when the ID cannot
      be understood.  In that case, getTimeZone(ID) return GMT. 
  (2) enables getTimeZone(ID) to understand custom ID such as
      "GMT+09:00".

--- TimeZone.java.orig  Fri Sep 22 22:01:54 2000
+++ TimeZone.java       Mon Nov 12 11:05:19 2001
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@
 
 private static TimeZone loadTimeZone(String ID) {
        Object tzo = zones.get(ID);
-       if (tzo == null || tzo instanceof TimeZone) {
+       if (tzo == null) {
+               return getCustomTimeZone(ID);
+        }
+       if (tzo instanceof TimeZone) {
                return ((TimeZone)tzo);
        }
        if (!(tzo instanceof File)) {
@@ -153,6 +156,37 @@
                tz = getTimeZone("GMT");
                zones.put(ID, tz);
        }
+       return (tz);
+}
+
+private static TimeZone getCustomTimeZone(String ID) {
+       TimeZone tz = getTimeZone("GMT");
+       if (ID.startsWith("GMT")) {
+               try {
+                       String sign = ID.substring(3,4);
+                       String hh;
+                       String mm;
+                       int i = ID.indexOf(":");
+                       if (i >= 0) {
+                               hh = ID.substring(4,i);
+                               mm = ID.substring(i+1);
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               hh = ID.substring(4,6);
+                               mm = ID.substring(6,8);
+                       }
+                       int hhi = Integer.parseInt(hh);
+                       int mmi = Integer.parseInt(mm);
+                       int rawOffset = (hhi * 60 + mmi) * 60 * 1000;
+                       if (sign.equals("+")) {
+                               tz = new SimpleTimeZone(rawOffset, ID);
+                       }
+                       else if (sign.equals("-")) {
+                               tz = new SimpleTimeZone(- rawOffset, ID);
+                       }
+               } catch (Exception e) {}
+       }
+       zones.put(ID, tz);
        return (tz);
 }