On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 19:29 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:32:56 -0400 > wagne...@seas.upenn.edu wrote: > > > Two values of LocalTime may well be computed with respect to > > different timezones, which makes the operation you ask for dangerous. > > First convert to UTCTime (with localTimeToUTC), then compare. > > that makes sense. unfortunately getting the current timezone to > convert to UTC results in the dreaded IO contamination problem... > > Brian
Hmm. Where do you get the local times from in the first place? Regards PS. As the timezone can change in runtime (like change from summer time to standard or simply crossing the 'border' with laptop) I don't think that there is escape from IO.
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