Re: [android-developers] Re: Strange timezone issue, when I set timezone to Alaska

2010-04-24 Thread A.TNG
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:16 PM, String sterling.ud...@googlemail.com wrote: On Apr 23, 2:08 pm, A.TNG tang.j...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. In my case, I need to get TZ offset as of  Jan 1, 1970. And sometime we pass a minus number to getOffset(), like -360. OK, cool. That's just not what

[android-developers] Re: Strange timezone issue, when I set timezone to Alaska

2010-04-23 Thread String
On Apr 23, 7:14 am, A.TNG tang.j...@gmail.com wrote: TimeZone.getDefault().getOffset(0);  // returns 3600 (= 10 * 60 * 60 * 1000) TimeZone.getTimeZone(GMT-9:00).getOffset(0); // returns 3240 (= 9 * 60 * 60 * 1000) How does this happen? Why this same API getOffset with same

Re: [android-developers] Re: Strange timezone issue, when I set timezone to Alaska

2010-04-23 Thread A.TNG
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:42 PM, String sterling.ud...@googlemail.com wrote: On Apr 23, 7:14 am, A.TNG tang.j...@gmail.com wrote: TimeZone.getDefault().getOffset(0);  // returns 3600 (= 10 * 60 * 60 * 1000) TimeZone.getTimeZone(GMT-9:00).getOffset(0); // returns 3240 (= 9 * 60 * 60

[android-developers] Re: Strange timezone issue, when I set timezone to Alaska

2010-04-23 Thread String
On Apr 23, 11:10 am, A.TNG tang.j...@gmail.com wrote: Since Alaska is in GMT-9:00, even doesn't include DST, getOffset(0) should return 3240 (= 9*60*60*1000), right? I cannot understand why it returns 3600 (=10*60*60*1000). If 3600 is correct, that means Alaska is in GMT-10:00.

Re: [android-developers] Re: Strange timezone issue, when I set timezone to Alaska

2010-04-23 Thread A.TNG
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 6:53 PM, String sterling.ud...@googlemail.com wrote: On Apr 23, 11:10 am, A.TNG tang.j...@gmail.com wrote: Since Alaska is in GMT-9:00, even doesn't include DST, getOffset(0) should return 3240 (= 9*60*60*1000), right? I cannot understand why it returns 3600

[android-developers] Re: Strange timezone issue, when I set timezone to Alaska

2010-04-23 Thread String
On Apr 23, 2:08 pm, A.TNG tang.j...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. In my case, I need to get TZ offset as of  Jan 1, 1970. And sometime we pass a minus number to getOffset(), like -360. OK, cool. That's just not what most people do with getOffset(), so I thought I should check. I'm not sure