Sam Hu Wrote: > Stewart Gordon Wrote: > > > > > Read the source of std.date and see for yourself. If it's getting it > > wrong, it suggests either your system is misconfigured or you're using > > it wrongly. But since you still haven't posted your code, I still can't > > comment further. > > > > Stewart. > > Thank you so much again. > Actually I just tried the example based on the one inside the std.date source: > /************************************* > * Converts UTC time into a text string of the form: > * "Www Mmm dd hh:mm:ss GMT+-TZ yyyy". > * For example, "Tue Apr 02 02:04:57 GMT-0800 1996". > * If time is invalid, i.e. is d_time_nan, > * the string "Invalid date" is returned. > * > * Example: > * ------------------------------------ > */ > d_time lNow; > string lNowString;//char[] lNowString; > > // Grab the date and time relative to UTC > lNow = std.date.getUTCtime(); > // Convert this into the local date and time for display. > lNowString = std.date.toString(lNow); > /* ------------------------------------ > */ > //And add testing below: > d_time localTime=std.date.UTCtoLocalTime(lNow); > string localTimeString=std.date.toString(localTime); > > writefln(lNowString); > writefln(localTimeString); > > =========== > output: > =========== > Wed Jul 15 01:47:42 GMT+0000 2009 > Wed Jul 15 01:47:42 GMT+0000 2009 > > >
There's a bug in Phobos where the value used to calculate timezone offsets (localTZA) never gets initialised, because std_date_static_this() is not called. A temporary fix is to import std.datebase. John.
