I'd suggest to try it first in order to see if this accomplishes anything at all toward fixing the time. I'll try to help you sort out the other business if necessary later...
Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: Riaan Oberholzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: woensdag 25 februari 2004 12:17 > To: Tag Libraries Users List > Subject: RE: JSTL <fmt:formatDate bug ??? > > > > <fmt:setLocale value="nl_NL"/> > > <fmt:formatDate value="${obj}" > > timeZone="Europe/London" type="time"/> > > I want to keep the language english... possible? IE, > say that we are in The Netherlands, but work in > English ... otherwise it will try to locate Dutch > resource bundles which ain't there. > > And should the locale indicate the country where the > server is situated (NL), or the country from where the > application is operated (UK)? > > > Personally I've found the whole Locale business very > > > confusing and illogical to work with, but > > that's just my personal frustration. > > You're not alone - I feel the same. The TimeZone class > in JDK is much clearer and easier to use. Throwing in > the language issue when you work in plain English apps > is confusing. > > > > > > Martin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Riaan Oberholzer > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: woensdag 25 februari 2004 10:48 > > > To: Tag Libraries Users List > > > Subject: RE: JSTL <fmt:formatDate bug ??? > > > > > > > > > I'm a bit lost here.... can you give me an example > > of > > > what I should give to jstl to print the time as "Europe/London" ? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Charl > > > > > > > > > --- Martin van Dijken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Hey Riaan, > > > > > > > > Try fiddling around with setting the locale in > > JSTL. > > > > In your example > > > > code you create a SimpleDateFormat with a > > pattern as argument. JSTL > > > > uses the constructor with a Locale as additional parameter. > > > > > > > > Grtz, > > > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Riaan Oberholzer > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: woensdag 25 februari 2004 8:18 > > > > > To: Tag Libraries Users List > > > > > Subject: RE: JSTL <fmt:formatDate bug ??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could you post the code to manually format > > the > > > > date? > > > > > > I can easily compare that to what is being > > done > > > > by > > > > > > the JSTL implementation and give you some > > > > feedback > > > > > > on that. > > > > > > > > > > Something to the extend of: > > > > > > > > > > static > > > > > { > > > > > SimpleDateFormatter sdf = new SimpleDateFormatter("yyyy-MM-dd > > > > > HH:mm"); > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/London"); > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > user inputs time in above format in jsp, then > > I > > > > do: > > > > > > > > > > sdf.parseDate(inputtedDate) and do a getTime > > and > > > > then > > > > > create a java.sql.Timestamp with the long > > value > > > > and > > > > > put that in the DB. Mysql displays is as one > > hour > > > > > later, the Dutch time, which is expected. > > > > > > > > > > When displaying it manually, I use the same > > sdf > > > > above > > > > > and do something like: > > > > > > > > > > sdf.formatDate(new > > > > Date(resultSet.getTimestamp("time").getTime())). > > > > > > > > > > Not 100% sure, as I do not have the code with > > me, > > > > but > > > > > somthing to this extend. The sdf is a static > > in a > > > > > singleton utility class. > > > > > > > > > > And, as I said, it only gets messed up after > > DST > > > > kicks > > > > > in. Maybe "Europe/London" is somehow (wrongly) interpreted as > > > > > GMT? > > > > > > > > > > > PS Thanks for hosting your application in > > our > > > > fine > > > > > > little country:) > > > > > > > > > > I live here, but I'm not Dutch. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > > Yahoo! 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