Sorry folks, for this thread, because it does not "concerns" the struts
directly (some designing issue).
Nanduri,
You can not consider an offset as a correct reference to time zone. For
example, Cairo - has +2 hours from GMT, Helsinki - the same +2 hours, Israel -
+2 hours. They are all in different time zones!
Maya
"Nanduri, Amarnath" wrote:
> Keep all the timezone offsets in a database. Send a hidden field to the
> client which maps the region he/she is in (using Javascript ?). Depending on
> the region, hit your database and get the time zone offset from your
> database.
>
> cheers,
> Amar..
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maya Muchnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 5:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: user time-zone
>
> I have got a response from my colleagues, that the time offset can not be
> used
> to establish correct time zone. The offset depends on a season and other
> factors. A user can change a time zone through "Date/Time Properties" window
> for NT. It means you need to ask the user what time zone he / she wants to
> use.
>
> Peter Alfors wrote:
>
> > oops,
> > should be a lowercase 'z'
> >
> > getTimezoneOffset()
> >
> > Peter Alfors wrote:
> >
> > > I have not tried this yet, but according to the books, it should work.
> > >
> > > function getTimeZoneOffset()
> > > {
> > > var date = new Date();
> > > var offset = date.getTimeZoneOffset();
> > > alert(offset);
> > > }
> > >
> > > This is the offset (in minutes) from GMT/UTC.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > > Pete
> > >
> > > Maya Muchnik wrote:
> > >
> > > > Please, provide a javascript code how to do this.
> > > >
> > > > Peter Alfors wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > It appears that the time-zone offset could be retrieved via
> javascript
> > > > > on a startup page, then entered in to the users session through an
> > > > > action class / hidden field combo.
> > > > >
> > > > > Its ugly, but it would work.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any better ideas?
