Re: Discussion: Time zones and software design

2010-05-03 Thread Adrian Crum
Actually, having the popup calendar use the user-selected time zone will not be sufficient. The popup calendar must support a selectable time zone. Here is an example based on the current code: A user is in Los Angeles and they have their time zone set to Pacific/Los Angeles. They are using an

Re: Discussion: Time zones and software design

2010-03-30 Thread David E Jones
On Mar 30, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Adrian Crum wrote: > A short while back, it was mentioned that the time zone handling in OFBiz is > inconsistent. I suggested that a date-time data type should be used instead > of a java.util.Date or java.sql.Timestamp. Before a change like that can be > made, we

Discussion: Time zones and software design

2010-03-30 Thread Adrian Crum
A short while back, it was mentioned that the time zone handling in OFBiz is inconsistent. I suggested that a date-time data type should be used instead of a java.util.Date or java.sql.Timestamp. Before a change like that can be made, we really need to discuss time zones on a higher level - the