RE: user time-zone

2001-03-09 Thread Nanduri, Amarnath
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 5:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: user time-zone I have got a response from my colleagues, that the time offset can not be used to establish correct time zone. The offset depends on a season and other factors. A user can change

Re: user time-zone

2001-03-09 Thread Maya Muchnik
database. cheers, Amar.. -Original Message- From: Maya Muchnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 5:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: user time-zone I have got a response from my colleagues, that the time offset can not be used to establish correct t

RE: user time-zone

2001-03-09 Thread Nanduri, Amarnath
.. -Original Message- From: Maya Muchnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: user time-zone Sorry folks, for this thread, because it does not "concerns" the struts directly (some designing issue). Nanduri, You can no

Re: user time-zone

2001-03-09 Thread Maya Muchnik
e ? Amar.. -Original Message- From: Maya Muchnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: user time-zone Sorry folks, for this thread, because it does not "concerns" the struts directly (some designing issue).

RE: user time-zone

2001-03-09 Thread Nanduri, Amarnath
Maya, I get your point :) Amar.. -Original Message- From: Maya Muchnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: user time-zone Amar, (I am sorry for a mix up with your last name) Maybe you are correct. My point is time

user time-zone

2001-03-08 Thread Peter Alfors
It appears that the time-zone offset could be retrieved via javascript on a startup page, then entered in to the users session through an action class / hidden field combo. Its ugly, but it would work. Any better ideas? begin:vcard n:; x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:BRIMG

Re: user time-zone

2001-03-08 Thread Maya Muchnik
Please, provide a javascript code how to do this. Peter Alfors wrote: It appears that the time-zone offset could be retrieved via javascript on a startup page, then entered in to the users session through an action class / hidden field combo. Its ugly, but it would work. Any better

Re: user time-zone

2001-03-08 Thread Peter Alfors
I have not tried this yet, but according to the books, it should work. function getTimeZoneOffset() { var date = new Date(); var offset = date.getTimeZoneOffset(); alert(offset); } This is the offset (in minutes) from GMT/UTC. HTH, Pete Maya Muchnik wrote: Please, provide a

Re: user time-zone

2001-03-08 Thread Peter Alfors
oops, should be a lowercase 'z' getTimezoneOffset() Peter Alfors wrote: I have not tried this yet, but according to the books, it should work. function getTimeZoneOffset() { var date = new Date(); var offset = date.getTimeZoneOffset(); alert(offset); } This is the offset (in

Re: user time-zone

2001-03-08 Thread Maya Muchnik
I have got a response from my colleagues, that the time offset can not be used to establish correct time zone. The offset depends on a season and other factors. A user can change a time zone through "Date/Time Properties" window for NT. It means you need to ask the user what time zone he / she

Re: user time-zone

2001-03-08 Thread Peter Alfors
I have decided against attempting to display date/times in the user's timezone. It is not a current client requirement, so I will defer it. However, I think that you could sufficiently handle the daylight savings issue if necessary. So, once you retrieved the user's environment setting for the