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please see revision 1329175.

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 17:47, Maxim Solodovnik <[email protected]>wrote:

> OK, let it be this way
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 17:42, [email protected] <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> What happens if you find a timezone with your method that has no
>> mapping in om_timezones? Java knows roughly 629 timezones. We only
>> have roughly 30. We cover 80% but I skipped a lot, for example for
>> small Islands in the Pacific that have their own timezone but nobody
>> living there. Or hundrets of duplicates like Europe/Berlin,
>> Europe/Amsterdam, ...
>> Also how do you map for example somebody that gives you as timezone
>> GMT+1 ? There is GMT+1 Summer Daylight Time
>> (Germany/France/Netherlands) and None Summer Daylight time
>> (Tunesia/Algerien). You simply can't know what timezone somebody wants
>> if you just have the String "GMT+1".
>>
>> I think you should no put too much time into it, you could also simply
>> add all available options that we currently support.
>> I would simply list the timezone options available in the installer
>> and then give an appropriate error message in the feedback if somebody
>> picks a timezone that we currently do not support.
>>
>> Sebastian
>>
>> 2012/4/23 Maxim Solodovnik <[email protected]>:
>> > I definitely can, but
>> > 1) while installing OM admin is not required to know which timezones we
>> have
>> > in our file.
>> > 2) our current mechanism is not very user friendly i.e. if user make a
>> > mistake in timezone name - default user will have no time zone.
>> >
>> > My idea was to search in java timezone name/id (which is much wider, has
>> > more than 30 records), and then map java timezone found with OM
>> timezon, and
>> > get warning/error in case no tz with provided name was found.
>> >
>> > What do you think on this?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 14:00, [email protected] <
>> [email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> You can change your query to query for the column ical instead.
>> >> I designed the table om_timezones that way that the column ical is
>> unique.
>> >>
>> >> Sebastian
>> >>
>> >> 2012/4/23 Maxim Solodovnik <[email protected]>:
>> >> > Can you please advise me what is the best way of handling user input
>> for
>> >> > timezone?
>> >> > The way I have implemented in cli-admin was:
>> >> >    user enters GMT+2 or GMT-1 and gets the timezone.
>> >> >
>> >> > I can implement search in java timezones, and then try to map java
>> >> > timezone
>> >> > with OM timezone.
>> >> > In this case user can enter Berlin as timezone.
>> >> >
>> >> > What do you think?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:31, Maxim Solodovnik <
>> [email protected]>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hello Sebastian,
>> >> >> I used it for Cl Admin only, I'll revert my change back and will
>> >> >> correct
>> >> >> the code in Admin to get timezone and do not affect other code.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 20:13, [email protected]
>> >> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Hi Maxim,
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> do you remember where exactly you are using the GMT+1% query?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Cause we have a problem that will start soon to get annoying:
>> >> >>> There will be multiple GMT+1 for example, cause there is
>> >> >>> GMT+1 Summer Daylight Time Europe/Berlin
>> >> >>> GMT+1 (No Summer Daylight Time) Africe/Tunis for example
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> There will be the same problem with other timezones.
>> >> >>> Where are you currently using this query, is it only the installer
>> at
>> >> >>> the moment or are there other components using it too?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Thanks!
>> >> >>> Sebastian
>> >> >>> --
>> >> >>> Sebastian Wagner
>> >> >>> https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock
>> >> >>> http://www.openmeetings.de
>> >> >>> http://www.webbase-design.de
>> >> >>> http://www.wagner-sebastian.com
>> >> >>> [email protected]
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> WBR
>> >> >> Maxim aka solomax
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > WBR
>> >> > Maxim aka solomax
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Sebastian Wagner
>> >> https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock
>> >> http://www.openmeetings.de
>> >> http://www.webbase-design.de
>> >> http://www.wagner-sebastian.com
>> >> [email protected]
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > WBR
>> > Maxim aka solomax
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sebastian Wagner
>> https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock
>> http://www.openmeetings.de
>> http://www.webbase-design.de
>> http://www.wagner-sebastian.com
>> [email protected]
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