Package com.day.util

Class TimeZoneUtil

java.lang.Object

com.day.util.TimeZoneUtil

public class TimeZoneUtil
extends Object

The TimeZoneUtil class provides convenience methods for handling time zones in Java.

Since:

echidna Audience wad

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TimeZoneUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static TimeZone[]	getAvailableZones()	Returns an array of TimeZone objects sorted in ascending order by their UTC time offset.
static String	getDisplayName(TimeZone zone)	Formats the passed TimeZone object to a String representation:
static TimeZone	getServerTimeZone()	Returns the TimeZone of the Communique server.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

TimeZoneUtil

public TimeZoneUtil()

Method Details

getAvailableZones

public static TimeZone[] getAvailableZones()

Returns an array of TimeZone objects sorted in ascending order by their UTC time offset.

Returns:

a sorted array of TimeZone objects.

getServerTimeZone

public static TimeZone getServerTimeZone()

Returns the TimeZone of the Communique server.

Returns:

the TimeZone of the Communique server.

getDisplayName

public static String getDisplayName(TimeZone zone)

Formats the passed TimeZone object to a String representation:

[<UTC offset>] <time zone name> (<short name>)

Example: [UTC+01.00] Europe/Berlin (CEST)

Parameters:

zone - The TimeZone to format

Returns:

a String representation of the passed TimeZone.