Re[2]: RE : [fpc-pascal] Timezone information in a dataset datetime field?- updated

2011-07-25 Thread José Mejuto
Hello FPC-Pascal, Monday, July 25, 2011, 6:23:21 PM, you wrote: JH> And even if dates are correctly stored in UTC it is not easy to reliably JH> get back the "local time". Daylight savings were changed in the past JH> (and may also change in the future). If you have a date/time of JH> 2001-05-0

Re[2]: RE : [fpc-pascal] Timezone information in a dataset datetime field?- updated

2011-07-25 Thread José Mejuto
Hello FPC-Pascal, Monday, July 25, 2011, 12:54:13 PM, you wrote: RO> Correct. Would you happen to have some cross platform code readily RO> available that spits out either: RO> 1. Offset from UTC for a certain (historical or future) date/time RO> 2. Timezone abbreviation suitable for inclusion in