Hi Adam, Thank you for the clarification. That makes sense. I also observe that the milliseconds value from the java Data/Calendar object is the same regardless of the timezone setting. So we can not actually "persist timestamp in UTC timezone" in the database with timestamp column, right? (because database timestamp column is timezone indepenent, and also the java timestamp value is already normalized with UTC based on the O/S time zone setting).
--- On Tue, 3/17/09, Adam Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Adam Hardy <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: How do I persist timestamp in UTC timezone? > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 5:15 PM > Hello Fay, > > no reason to worry, it is logical that the time saved to > the database depends on the default time zone in Java. If > you don't set the default time zone, it uses the time in > your operating system. > > I did say that the database field TIMESTAMP default is > without time zone - you can specify that it does save the > timezone, but that is an optional extra and database vendor > specific (I think). > > The issue here is that Java times and dates are > time-zone-independent, because they are held as milliseconds > past 1970-01-01 GMT/UTC > > As Paul said, your database stores time-zone-dependent > values (i.e. times without a timezone) and the time zone > that they are dependent on is the time zone of your > operating system, because JDBC uses that to work out what > the millisecond past 1970 value is. So if you change your OS > timezone, you change all the timestamps in your database - > as far as Java is concerned. > > I figure that this not optimal, since you have to be > careful if you move a database from a host in one timezone > to a host in another timezone, but how often does that > happen? > > > Fay Wang on 17/03/09 23:41, wrote: > > To my knowledge, as far as DB2 is concerned, DB2 v9 > and below does not have "timestamp with time zone" > data type. The value stored in the DB2 timestamp column is > without time zone information. It is up to the application > to determine the time zone. For example, in my db2 table, I > have the following value > > 2009-03-17-22.05.37.569000 > > stored in my timestamp column. > > > > If I set the default time zone to UTC in my > application, I get the value back as: > > Created time : Tue Mar 17 22:05:37 UTC 2009 > > > > If I did not set the default time zone to UTC, I get > this value: > > > > Created time : Tue Mar 17 22:05:37 PDT 2009 > > > > A new data type "Timestamp with time zone" > may be introduced in the next DB2 release, but currently > there is no way to store the time zone information in the > timestamp column. DB2 experts, please correct me if I am > wrong. > > > > Having said that, with this statement, > > dt.setCreatedTime(Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Etc/UTC"))); > > > > when application sets default time zone to UTC, the > timestamp value in the database becomes > "2009-03-17-23.26.53.320000". Without setting the > default time zone, the timestamp value in the database is > "2009-03-17-16.23.27.494000". Let me try a simple > POJO test case to see if this is an openjpa problem or not. > > > > --- On Tue, 3/17/09, Paul Copeland > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From: Paul Copeland <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: How do I persist timestamp in UTC > timezone? > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 3:04 PM > >> Of course java.util.Date is already measured in > milliseconds > >> UTC without regard to TimeZone. So it may seem > that you are > >> converting your Date objects to a different > timezone, but > >> that's not the case. This is why you can use > >> Calendar.compareTo() with objects in different > TimeZones. > >> > >> By definition - new Date() is the same thing as > new > >> Date(System.currentTimeMillis()) no matter what > the default > >> TimeZone! > >> > >> The link cited by Fazi implies that you have to > store the > >> TimeZone along with the date if you want to load > the date > >> (milliseconds) back into a Calendar object > representing that > >> TimeZone. > >> > >> If you change the default timezone to UTC (or > Moscow, etc.) > >> then all the other Calendar objects that are meant > to > >> represent the default Locale will be wrong! > >> > >> - Paul > >> > >> On 3/17/2009 2:15 PM, Fay Wang wrote: > >>> Hi Fazi, > >>> I found that by putting > >> > TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Etc/UTC")); > >>> to make your java app in UTC time zone (see > below > >> in testDate), openjpa will store the dates in UTC > in the > >> database. > >>> public void testDate(){ > >>> > >> > TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Etc/UTC")); > >>> DateTest dt = new DateTest(); > >>> dt.setId(id); > >>> > >> > dt.setCreatedTime(Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"))); > >>> dt.setStartTime(new Date()); > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -Fay > >>> > >>> > >>> --- On Tue, 3/17/09, fazi > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> From: fazi <[email protected]> > >>>> Subject: How do I persist timestamp in UTC > >> timezone? > >>>> To: [email protected] > >>>> Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 9:56 AM > >>>> Hi I need to persist all timestamps in UTC > timezone. > >> I found > >>>> this documentation > >>>> which talks about using Calendar by > setting the > >> timezone > >>>> value to the > >>>> desired timezone > >>>> > >> > (http://openjpa.apache.org/builds/1.1.0/apache-openjpa-1.1.0/docs/manual/ref_guide_pc_scos.html#ref_guide_pc_calendar_timezone), > >>>> plus this JIRA > >>>> > >> > (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA-322) that > >>>> gives me some idea on how I can initialize > >> Calendar to > >>>> insert/update time in > >>>> UTC but nothing has worked so far. The > timestamps > >> are > >>>> always entered and > >>>> read in DB local timezone (PDT). I noticed > that > >> the > >>>> Calendar timezone of the > >>>> retrieved object is set correctly to UTC, > however, > >> the time > >>>> is still in > >>>> local timezone (PDT). I also noticed that > the > >> retrieved > >>>> object has JPA > >>>> implementation of the Calendar object: > >>>> > >> > org.apache.openjpa.util.java$util$GregorianCalendar$proxy. > >>>> We are using openJPA version 1.1.0. I am > copying my artifacts below. The test class > >> has two > >>>> timestamp fields, > >>>> one is for UTC timezone and the other one > is for > >> local > >>>> timezone to show that > >>>> both values are same. Please let me know > if any other information can > >> help > >>>> understand this problem > >>>> better. Any help on this matter will be > greatly > >> appreciated. > --------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> TestDate table: > >>>> CREATE TABLE DATETEST ( > >>>> ID VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, > >>>> CREATEDTIME TIMESTAMP, > > >> STARTTIME TIMESTAMP) > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> JPA class: > >>>> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> package com.my.package.entity; > >>>> > >>>> import java.io.Serializable; > >>>> import java.util.Calendar; > >>>> import java.util.Date; > >>>> import java.util.TimeZone; > >>>> > >>>> import javax.persistence.*; > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> @Entity > >>>> @Table(name="DATETEST") > >>>> public class DateTest implements > Serializable { > >>>> > >>>> @Id > >>>> @Column(name="ID") > >>>> private String id; > >>>> > >>>> @Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP) > >>>> @Column(name="CREATEDTIME") > >>>> private Calendar createdTime = > >>>> > >> > Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")); > >>>> @Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP) > >>>> @Column(name="STARTTIME") > >>>> private Date startTime; > >>>> > >>>> public Calendar getCreatedTime() { > >>>> return createdTime; > >>>> } > >>>> > >>>> public void setCreatedTime(Calendar > createdTime) > >> { > >>>> this.createdTime = createdTime; > >>>> } > >>>> > >>>> public Date getStartTime() { > >>>> return startTime; > >>>> } > >>>> > >>>> public void setStartTime(Date startTime) > { > >>>> this.startTime = startTime; > >>>> } > >>>> > >>>> public String getId() { > >>>> return id; > >>>> } > >>>> > >>>> public void setId(String id) { > >>>> this.id = id; > >>>> } > >>>> } > >>>> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> JUnit test: > >>>> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> @Test > >>>> public void testDate() > >>>> { > >>>> DateTest dt = new DateTest(); > >>>> dt.setId(id); > >>>> > >> > dt.setCreatedTime(Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"))); > >>>> dt.setStartTime(new Date()); > >>>> > >>>> try > >>>> { > >>>> //persist > >>>> } > >>>> catch (Exception e) > >>>> { > >>>> fail(e.getMessage()); > >>>> } > >>>> // Check result > >>>> DateTest returned = null; > >>>> try > >>>> { > >>>> returned = //find by id; > >>>> Calendar createdTimeC = > >> returned.getCreatedTime(); > >>>> > System.out.println("createdTime type > >> : > >>>> " + > >>>> createdTimeC.getClass().getName()); > >>>> > System.out.println("createdTime > >> timezone: > >>>> " + > >>>> createdTimeC.getTimeZone()); > >>>> System.out.println("Created > time > >> : > >>>> " + > >>>> createdTimeC.getTime()); > >>>> System.out.println("Start time > > >> : > >>>> " + > >>>> returned.getStartTime()); > >>>> System.out.println("Created > time > >> (millisecs): > >>>> " + > >>>> createdTimeC.getTimeInMillis()); > >>>> System.out.println("Start time > >> (millisecs) : > >>>> " + > >>>> returned.getStartTime().getTime()); > >>>> } > >>>> catch (Exception e) > >>>> { > >>>> fail(e.getMessage()); > >>>> } > >>>> } > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> The output is: > >>>> > >>>> createdTime type : > >>>> > >> > org.apache.openjpa.util.java$util$GregorianCalendar$proxy > >>>> createdTime timezone: > >>>> > >> > sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfo[id="UTC",offset=0,dstSavings=0,useDaylight=false,transitions=0,lastRule=null] > >>>> Created time : Tue Mar 17 09:40:39 > PDT 2009 > >>>> Start time : Tue Mar 17 09:40:39 > PDT 2009 > >>>> Created time (millisecs): 1237308039662 > >>>> Start time (millisecs) : 1237308039662 > >>>> > >>>> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> And the DB entry shows: > >>>> > >>>> db2> select * from DATETEST > >>>> > >>>> ID CREATEDTIME > > >> STARTTIME > >>>> --------------- > >> ---------------------------------- > ------------------------------------- > >>>> utc_test1 > 2009-03-16-16.14.32.380000 > >> 2009-03-16-16.14.32.380000 > >>>> > >>>> 1 record(s) selected. > >>>> > >>>> db2> > >>>> > >>>> -- View this message in context: > >>>> > >> > http://n2.nabble.com/How-do-I-persist-timestamp-in-UTC-timezone--tp2492546p2492546.html > >>>> Sent from the OpenJPA Users mailing list > archive > >> at > >>>> Nabble.com. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > >
