com.google.gwt.i18n.client

Class TimeZone

java.lang.Object

com.google.gwt.i18n.client.TimeZone

All Implemented Interfaces:

TimeZone

public class TimeZone
extends java.lang.Object
implements TimeZone

The TimeZone class implements a time zone information source for client applications. The time zone object is instantiated from a TimeZoneData object, which is made from a JSON string that contains all the data needed for the specified time zone. Applications can instantiate a time zone statically, in which case the data could be retrieved from the TimeZoneConstants class. Applications can also choose to instantiate from a string obtained from a server. The time zone string contains locale specific data. If the application only uses a short representation, the English data will usually satisfy the user's need. In the case that only the time zone offset is known, there is a decent fallback that only uses the time zone offset to create a TimeZone object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static TimeZone	createTimeZone(int timeZoneOffsetInMinutes) This factory method provides a decent fallback to create a time zone object just based on a given time zone offset.
static TimeZone	createTimeZone(java.lang.String tzJSON) This factory method creates a time zone instance from a JSON string that contains the time zone information for desired time zone.
static TimeZone	createTimeZone(TimeZoneInfo timezoneData)
int	getDaylightAdjustment(java.util.Date date) Returns the daylight savings time adjustment, in minutes, for the given date.
java.lang.String	getGMTString(java.util.Date date) Returns the GMT representation of this time zone object.
java.lang.String	getID() Returns time zone id for this time zone.
java.lang.String	getISOTimeZoneString(java.util.Date date) To get ISO-style (+00:00) representation of the time zone for given date.
java.lang.String	getLongName(java.util.Date date) Returns the long version of the time zone name for the given date; the result of this method will be different if daylight savings time is in effect.
int	getOffset(java.util.Date date) Returns the RFC representation of the time zone name for the given date.
java.lang.String	getRFCTimeZoneString(java.util.Date date) To get RFC representation of certain time zone name for given date.
java.lang.String	getShortName(java.util.Date date) Returns the short time zone name for a given date.
int	getStandardOffset() Returns the standard time zone offset, in minutes.
boolean	isDaylightTime(java.util.Date date) Check whether the given date and time falls within a daylight savings time period.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

createTimeZone

public static TimeZone createTimeZone(int timeZoneOffsetInMinutes)

This factory method provides a decent fallback to create a time zone object just based on a given time zone offset.

Parameters:

timeZoneOffsetInMinutes - time zone offset in minutes

Returns:

a new time zone object

createTimeZone

public static TimeZone createTimeZone(java.lang.String tzJSON)

This factory method creates a time zone instance from a JSON string that contains the time zone information for desired time zone. Applications can get such a string from the TimeZoneConstants class, or it can request the string from the server. Either way, the application obtains the original string from the data provided in the TimeZoneConstant.properties file, which was carefully prepared from CLDR and Olson time zone database.

Parameters:

tzJSON - JSON string that contains time zone data

Returns:

a new time zone object

createTimeZone

public static TimeZone createTimeZone(TimeZoneInfo timezoneData)

getDaylightAdjustment

public int getDaylightAdjustment(java.util.Date date)

Description copied from interface: TimeZone

Returns the daylight savings time adjustment, in minutes, for the given date. If daylight savings time is in effect on the given date, the number will be positive, otherwise 0.

Specified by:

getDaylightAdjustment in interface TimeZone

Parameters:

date - the date to check

Returns:

offset amount

getGMTString

public java.lang.String getGMTString(java.util.Date date)

Description copied from interface: TimeZone

Returns the GMT representation of this time zone object.

Specified by:

getGMTString in interface TimeZone

Parameters:

date - The date from which the time information should be extracted

Returns:

A GMT representation of the time given by the date

getID

public java.lang.String getID()

Description copied from interface: TimeZone

Returns time zone id for this time zone. For time zone objects that have been instantiated from a time zone offset, the POSIX time zone id will be returned.

Specified by:

getID in interface TimeZone

Returns:

time zone id

getISOTimeZoneString

public java.lang.String getISOTimeZoneString(java.util.Date date)

Description copied from interface: TimeZone

To get ISO-style (+00:00) representation of the time zone for given date.

Specified by:

getISOTimeZoneString in interface TimeZone

Parameters:

date - The date for which time to retrieve RFC time zone string

Returns:

ISO-style time zone string

getLongName

public java.lang.String getLongName(java.util.Date date)

Description copied from interface: TimeZone

Returns the long version of the time zone name for the given date; the result of this method will be different if daylight savings time is in effect.

Specified by:

getLongName in interface TimeZone

Parameters:

date - The date for which the long time zone name is returned

Returns:

long time zone name

getOffset

public int getOffset(java.util.Date date)

Description copied from interface: TimeZone

Returns the RFC representation of the time zone name for the given date. To be consistent with JDK/Javascript API, west of Greenwich will be positive.

Specified by:

getOffset in interface TimeZone

Parameters:

date - The date for which time to retrieve time zone offset

Returns:

time zone offset in minutes

getRFCTimeZoneString

public java.lang.String getRFCTimeZoneString(java.util.Date date)

Description copied from interface: TimeZone

To get RFC representation of certain time zone name for given date.

Specified by:

getRFCTimeZoneString in interface TimeZone

Parameters:

date - The date for which time to retrieve RFC time zone string

Returns:

RFC time zone string

getShortName

public java.lang.String getShortName(java.util.Date date)

Description copied from interface: TimeZone

Returns the short time zone name for a given date.

Specified by:

getShortName in interface TimeZone

Parameters:

date - The date for which time to retrieve short time zone

Returns:

short time zone name

getStandardOffset

public int getStandardOffset()

Description copied from interface: TimeZone

Returns the standard time zone offset, in minutes.

Specified by:

getStandardOffset in interface TimeZone

isDaylightTime

public boolean isDaylightTime(java.util.Date date)

Description copied from interface: TimeZone

Check whether the given date and time falls within a daylight savings time period.

Specified by:

isDaylightTime in interface TimeZone

Parameters:

date - and time to check

Returns:

true if daylight savings time is in effect