On Mar 31, 2009, at 9:20 AM, David Avendasora wrote:
Okay I know this must be easy, but I just can't seem to get it to
work.
I just want to display the time a particular page was displayed.
My component has this:
CurrentTimestamp : WOString {
value = currentTimestamp;
dateformat ="%m/%d/%y %H:%M";
}
When currentTimestamp returns a new NSTimestamp I get GMT, which is
what I expected.
But when I return an NSTimestamp create like so:
GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
calendar.setTime(new NSTimestamp());
NSTimestamp timestamp = new NSTimestamp(calendar.getTimeInMillis(),
TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Chicago"));
return timestamp;
I still get GMT.
What fundamental thing am I missing or doing wrong?
Gosh, where does does one start? Oh, my. Best sit down, this will
take a while. What, just the date? OK then... ;-)
Use the formatter, not the timestamp to control the time zone it is
shown in. And don't use the dateFormat and numberFormat bindings.
Bad. Or at least don't hard code them. Otherwise you have much to
change when you need to change the format. Better to use the formatter
binding and an instance of java.util.format (SimpleDateFormat or
NSTimestampFormatter). And stash it in your session for a bit of
optimization. But I digress.
That should do it, assuming the client and server are in the same time
zone. If not, you will have to determine the user's time zone and use
that to set the time zone of the formatter. Yet another good reason
to stash it in the session.
Chuck
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Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their
overall knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific
problems.
http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects
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