Pierre -- Pierre Frisch pie...@apple.com
On Mar 31, 2009, at 9:56, Chuck Hill wrote:
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 -- Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP DevelopmentPractical 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 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/pierre%40apple.com This email sent to pie...@apple.com
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