You must store the TZ as a separate field.
Alternatively, if you don't need the date to be indexed, you can
convert it back and forth to a String that preserves TZ info (eg, the
ISO-8601 format).
Jeff
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Kesava Neeli <nke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a java.util.Date data type in my object.
>
> Date now = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Los_Angeles"),
> Locale.US).getTime();
>
> When I persist the object and look at the entity, I see the type stored as
> "gd:when" as the kind of element.
>
> I see the value as 2012-01-25 01:01:37.938000 which is UTC time.
>
> How can I save the time in my desired timezone? The java Date type has no
> timezone setting explicitly and appengine only allows java.util.Date as a
> valid date type from java.
>
> Thanks
> Neeli
>
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