Docs For Class TimeZone

Description

TimeZone is a simple class to colect the information identifying a UTC time zone.

abbreviation - String - the abbreviated name for the time zone.
name - String - the name of the time zone.

TimeZone class >> timeZones() returns an array of the known time zones TimeZone class >> defaultTimeZone() returns the default time zone (Grenwich Mean Time) DateAndTime class >> localTimeZone() returns the local time zone.

To create new TimeZone instances, use one of the static instance-creation methods, NOT 'new TimeZone':

TimeZone::defaultTimeZone()
TimeZone::offsetNameAbbreviation($aDuration, $aStringName, $aStringAbbreviation)

link: http://harmoni.sourceforge.net/
author: Adam Franco <AT adamfranco DOT com adam AT adamfranco DOT com> <afranco AT middlebury DOT edu>
version: $Id: TimeZone.class.php,v 1.4 2007/09/04 20:25:25 adamfranco Exp $
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
copyright: Copyright © 2005, Middlebury College
since: 5/3/05

Located in /harmoni/core/Primitives/Chronology/TimeZone.class.php (line 46)

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Method Summary

object TimeZone TimeZone (object Duration $aDuration, string $aStringName, mixed $aStringAbbreviation, string $aStringAbbriviation)

string abbreviation ()

object TimeZone defaultTimeZone ()

string name ()

object Duration offset ()

object TimeZone offsetNameAbbreviation (object Duration $aDuration, [string $aStringName = NULL], [mixed $aStringAbbreviation = NULL], string $aStringAbbriviation)

array timeZones ()

Methods

Constructor TimeZone (line 167)

Create a new Timezone.

since: 5/3/05
access: private

object TimeZone TimeZone (object Duration $aDuration, string $aStringName, mixed $aStringAbbreviation, string $aStringAbbriviation)

object Duration $aDuration
string $aStringName
string $aStringAbbriviation

abbreviation (line 195)

Answer the abreviation

since: 5/10/05
access: public

string abbreviation ()

defaultTimeZone (line 62)

Answer the default time zone - GMT

static:
since: 5/3/05
access: public

object TimeZone defaultTimeZone ()

name (line 206)

Answer the name

since: 5/10/05
access: public

string name ()

offset (line 184)

Return the offset of this TimeZone

since: 5/3/05
access: public

object Duration offset ()

offsetNameAbbreviation (line 80)

Create a new Timezone.

since: 5/3/05
access: public

object TimeZone offsetNameAbbreviation (object Duration $aDuration, [string $aStringName = NULL], [mixed $aStringAbbreviation = NULL], string $aStringAbbriviation)

object Duration $aDuration
string $aStringName
string $aStringAbbriviation

timeZones (line 100)

Return an Array of TimeZones

static:
since: 5/3/05
access: public

array timeZones ()

Inherited Methods

Inherited From SObject

SObject::asA()
SObject::asString()
SObject::copy()
SObject::copySameFrom()
SObject::copyTwoLevel()
SObject::deepCopy()
SObject::isEqual()
SObject::isEqualTo()
SObject::isNotEqualTo()
SObject::isNotReferenceTo()
SObject::isReferenceTo()
SObject::newFrom()
SObject::postCopy()
SObject::printableString()
SObject::shallowCopy()
SObject::_deepCopyArray()