Hi Ian, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 7:09 PM:
> public static TimeZone getTimeZone(String ID) > Gets the TimeZone for the given ID. > Parameters: > ID - the ID for a TimeZone, either an abbreviation such as > "PST", a full name such as "America/Los_Angeles", > or a custom > ID such as "GMT-8:00". Note that the support of > abbreviations is for JDK 1.1.x compatibility only and full > names should be > used. > Returns: > the specified TimeZone, or the GMT zone if the > given ID cannot > be understood. > > > Is this the JavaDoc you were referring to? This method > returns a TimeZone > object. According to the class JavaDocs, > > TimeZone represents a time zone offset, and also figures out daylight > savings. > > The foolishness of American and Australian politicians not > withstanding, the observance of Summertime/Daylight Savings Time (or > lack > thereof) is not > just a nice-to-have. It is a core property of the TimeZone class. Yes, but it is already defined, if you choose a proper location as "America/Los Angeles" or "Europe/Berlin". Daylight saving does not happen at the same day in the world, depending on the country it differs for weeks! Therefore these locations exists and everyone can take the city, that shares his daylight saving. - Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
