Well, as I wrote, my understanding is that what you call UTC, is actually UTC-0 which is, like it or not, a time zone (London time). Adding a UTC-0 API to some framework class would be of limited usability. More interesting in my eyes would be an API that allows transformation of a date object to *any* time zone, but YMMV.
T. >> On 12/13/2010 05:36 PM, Marius Austerschulte wrote: >> > Hi Alex, >> > I know that the DateFormat class is for formatting a date. I just >> > wondered why only the local representation of the date can be >> formatted, >> > not the UTC representation. >> >> I find what you write confusing. Any time, including the local, can be >> represented in UTC. Date.getUTCDate and friends provide the current time >> for a *specific* time zone, namely UTC-0. Is it this you're referring >> to? Then what you want is a date expressed in this particular time zone. >> > > I want that date being expressed in its UTC representation. A time zone is > an area on the earth's surface which has a uniform time. This time is > computed using an offset from UTC. The offset for a time zone may differ > during the year (e.g. the offset for the time zone of London in winter is > 0, > but +1 in summer). So I don't want the time of a certain time zone but the > universal time, which is UTC. > > >> > It would be nice if you could get a >> > formatted UTC representation of the date by using a format string like >> > "dd.MM.yyyy" instead of having to build a date string manually like >> > d.getUTCDate() + "." + d.getUTCMonth() + ... >> >> But that would require date calculation, which, as Alex suggested, the >> DateFormat class is not about. That would require a completely different >> class. >> > > Why does it require date calculation? The JavaScript API already provides > the methods to get the correct date in UTC, so there wouldn't be the need > for any further date calculation by the DateFormat class. I just want the > DateFormat.format method (or maybe a potential DateFormat.formatUTC > method) > to format that UTC time according to a certain format-string. So from my > point of view I can't see a big problem with enhancing the DateFormat > class > with such a feature. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Lotusphere 2011 > Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how > to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment > to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d_______________________________________________ > qooxdoo-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
