On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 09:02:49AM -0800, glenpaling wrote:
> David T. Lewis wrote
> > ...I put that in quotes because it turns out that the Squeak definition of
> > Smalltalk epoch is just plain wrong. It should be this:
> > 
> >   DateAndTime epoch ==> 1901-01-01T00:00:00-00:00
> > 
> > Not this:
> > 
> >   DateAndTime epoch ==> 1901-01-01T00:00:00-05:00
> > 
> > ...
> 
> I'm in the same timezone but when I tried DateAndTime epoch, I got
> 1901-01-01T00:00:00+01:00. The general preference "use locale" isn't enabled
> in the 4.4 image (I'll add this to the 4.5 list). Timezone is stuck in
> Frank's locale. Tim is this causing some of your problems? 
> 

I also get an incorrect time zone offset if I use a fresh image:

  DateAndTime localTimeZone ==> a TimeZone(LT)

  DateAndTime localTimeZone offset ==> 0:01:00:00

  DateAndTime epoch ==> 1901-01-01T00:00:00+01:00

I didn't notice, as I normally have TimeZoneDatabase installed:

  DateAndTime localTimeZone ==> a TimeZoneProxy for America/Detroit (LMT)

  DateAndTime localTimeZone offset ==> -0:05:00:00

So perhaps there is a bug in initialization at image startup (but either
way the DateAndTime epoch is wrong).

Dave