On Jul 19, 2005, at 6:33 PM, Garrett Smith wrote:
So this will specifically impact: - The use of date/time formatters - Date/time widgets Anything else?
I don't think so.
Since datetime values are immutable, I assume you're envisioning that widgets create tz-aware values. With that in mind, I don't understand 'collected timezone-less times from our forms'.
Consider the current datetime widgets: we have one that is text- based, and tiks has one (as does ZC--another thing we should all share so too many of us don't have to reinvent wheels) based on the mishoo calendar widget. The mishoo widget is much more friendly than a text-only widget (IMO; take it for argument's sake, at least) but does not collect timezone information (or didn't last time I checked). Therefore, it seems reasonable behavior to declare to a user that their registered timezone will be applied to times they enter for which they do not specify a timezone.
That application of the user's timezone might be done before the datetime is actually generated, or with a datetime.replace (tzinfo=ITZInfo(request)) call. (The immutable nature of strings, datetimes, and other similar types doesn't prevent us from performing operations with them or from replacing one attribute value with another, of course).
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