Hi,
I'm just going through the challenge to set a local timezone correctly and I'm wondering why there is no something as simple as:
TimeZone setLocal: 'CET'
to set my timezone?
Best regards Janko
2007/8/21, Janko Mivšek janko.mivsek@eranova.si:
Hi,
I'm just going through the challenge to set a local timezone correctly and I'm wondering why there is no something as simple as:
TimeZone setLocal: 'CET'to set my timezone?
With Chronos you can use: (Timezone at: #'CET') beSystem
Cheers Philippe
Hi Philippe,
Philippe Marschall wrote:
I'm just going through the challenge to set a local timezone correctly and I'm wondering why there is no something as simple as:
TimeZone setLocal: 'CET'to set my timezone?
With Chronos you can use: (Timezone at: #'CET') beSystem
That's better, but you need to load Chronos. Question is, wouldn't be fine if something like that would be in a default squeak image?
Janko
2007/8/21, Janko Mivšek janko.mivsek@eranova.si:
Hi Philippe,
Philippe Marschall wrote:
I'm just going through the challenge to set a local timezone correctly and I'm wondering why there is no something as simple as:
TimeZone setLocal: 'CET'to set my timezone?
With Chronos you can use: (Timezone at: #'CET') beSystem
That's better, but you need to load Chronos.
Yeah, packages must be loaded like Swazoo or SPort.
Question is, wouldn't be fine if something like that would be in a default squeak image?
You mean like setting the locale to the correct value?
http://www.chronos-st.org/Discovering%20the%20Local%20Time%20Zone--Why%20It%...
Cheers Philippe
Philippe Marschall wrote:
I'm just going through the challenge to set a local timezone correctly and I'm wondering why there is no something as simple as:
TimeZone setLocal: 'CET'to set my timezone?
With Chronos you can use: (Timezone at: #'CET') beSystem
That's better, but you need to load Chronos.
Yeah, packages must be loaded like Swazoo or SPort.
Sure, but TimeZone is already there and what is missing is one or two additional methods which will ease timezone setup.
One simple method! Why is that obviously so hard to do? Smalltalk is famous because it grown out of simple but consistent implementation of few basic ideas, why wouldn't we continue that tradition in such a small case as is this timezone setup?
Janko
Question is, wouldn't be fine if something like that would be in a default squeak image?
You mean like setting the locale to the correct value?
http://www.chronos-st.org/Discovering%20the%20Local%20Time%20Zone--Why%20It%...
Cheers Philippe
Hi,
2007/8/21, Janko Mivšek janko.mivsek@eranova.si:
Hi,
I'm just going through the challenge to set a local timezone correctly and I'm wondering why there is no something as simple as:
TimeZone setLocal: 'CET'
There is.
The standard DateAndTime implementation in the image has #localTimeZone:
I for example use:
sast := TimeZone timeZones fourth. sast offset. " 0:02:00:00 - always two hours ahead"
DateAndTime localTimeZone: sast.
DateAndTime now. "2007-08-21T22:47:04+02:00 - as it should be"
Of course, the IDE would have told you this by browsing all references to class TimeZone - it is the first result.
Regards
Brent
On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 12:23:54PM +0200, Janko Miv??ek wrote:
Hi,
I'm just going through the challenge to set a local timezone correctly and I'm wondering why there is no something as simple as:
TimeZone setLocal: 'CET'
to set my timezone?
Janko,
That is a very good idea, thanks for the suggestion. I added #setLocal: to the TimeZoneDatabase package so you be able to do this.
Squeak does not use time zone tables, nor does it query the operating system for this information. This works well enough for most users, and it is very simple, which is a good thing.
If you want to have correct time zone information, you can load either Chronos or TimeZoneDatabase from SqueakMap, and this will be added.
I added your #setLocal: method to the TimeZoneDatabase package, so if you update your SqueakMap and load TimeZoneDatabase into your image, you will be able to evaluate "TimeZone setLocal: 'CET'".
Dave
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