Sorry Niphlod. I was on my phone, and didn't see this attachment. Thanks
again for helping me out without asking for anything. I will try to learn
from your example.
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Funmanhk <funma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Btw, I want to say that Niphlod has been very helpful. I am definitely
> missing the HTML+JS knowledge, but that didn't stop me to try out in web2py
> and have a good attempt on this issue.
>
> I am one little step away from solving this time zone problem haunting me
> for a few months. I wouldn't have the courage to start this adventure
> without seeing the community's effort here.
>
> Thanks Niphlod, and everyone to create and support this.
>
> On 19 Apr, 2013, at 3:13, Niphlod <niph...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> packed an app with a few examples: might explain better how to deal with
> timezones.
>
> On Thursday, April 18, 2013 6:20:18 PM UTC+2, fun man wrote:
>>
>> yes. I am with you. I didn't store timezone in the db, and will be using
>> UTC for all input to the db too.
>>
>> I hope to find a way to use the detected timezone to use in the
>> .represent method for the sqlform.grid.
>> db.prototype.modified_on.**represent = lambda value, row :
>> pytz.UTC.localize(value).**astimezone(pytz.timezone('**Asia/Tokyo'))
>>
>> The above is working for me. I basically hardcode it to 'Asia/Tokyo'. I
>> am trying to get the value from your plugin to replace my hard coded one
>> above.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Niphlod <nip...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> the whole point of timezone normalization is NOT having "a timezone
>>> attached at the end".
>>> It's storing in the database as UTC and displaying as "localized" to the
>>> users.
>>> Are we sure that you fully grasped what the timezone implementation on
>>> the IS_DATE* validators in web2py and that that idea fits with your one ?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, April 18, 2013 4:35:51 PM UTC+2, fun man wrote:
>>>
>>>> i am not using any specific language translation. It should be the
>>>> default language.
>>>>
>>>> i also think that it is timezone issue, but not very sure how to do the
>>>> normalization. The model i use is Field('modified_on', 'datetime'),
>>>> I see that there is no timezone attached at the end.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Niphlod <nip...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> that seems more a problem with the format of the date than the fact
>>>>> that it has to be "timezone-normalized"....what language translation are
>>>>> you using ?
>>>>>
>>>>> PS: what I meant with "landing page" is that you're sure that the user
>>>>> will hit that page before arriving to the form.
>>>>> If you are sure, there's no need to embed the LOADed fragment in the
>>>>> form page
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