>- see footer for list info -< > OK, as the token Aussie here, your not going to be able to > [snip] > but you still have to know what State the user is in. HTH !
Thanks for all that, Steve. You've hit the nail on the head... the inability to infer the TZ details from the user's locale has become apparent. And knowing the user's TZ doesn't tell you what their local DST rules are. And then, even if I know the AUS state, there doesn't appear to be an "easy" way to find out the current UTC offset for that location at the current point in time (apart from something like the web service you linked to. I'm not keen on the WS route, however, as it's something we'd need to do frequently and I don't want our site to break if a call to the WS failed. > Do you collect address information from > your users ? Nope. But if we could give the user the appropriate options from which to select, I could store their selection and output compensated times. Does anyone know of a system whereby you can d/l (say) a text file from an international time zone authority that contains details of all the worlds time zones and each location's DST rules that can be parsed and then allow the user to select from the possible options, store which they pick and adjust dates & times accordingly? Having this second just come across it, I'm thinking of something like this: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/time_zone_guide/ascii.html At the moment, we're "Melbourne-centric" in our AUS support, so the +10 hours UTC offset is going to work... kinda. However, something more elegant is definitely required. -- Aidan Whitehall Macromedia ColdFusion Developer ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Forum provided by www.fusetalk.com -< >- DHTML Menus provided by www.APYCOM.com -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -<
