On Jun 18, 2010, at 21:34:30, David Rowland wrote: >>>>> On Jun 18, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Rick Mann wrote: >>>>>> Is there any way to get short abbreviations for a TimeZone? I need it >>>>>> short due to limited space. I need a common abbreviation due to users >>>>>> not knowing POSIX timezone names. >>>>> >>>>> this works for me: >>>>> >>>>> NSTimeZone* theZone; >>>>> NSString* zoneAbbreviation; >>>>> >>>>> theZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:tzName]; >>>>> zoneAbbreviation = [theZone abbreviation]; >>>>> >>>> >>>> I've discovered that this seems to be a change between iOS 3.1/3.2 and 4.0. >>>> >>>> That is, the code works, but does not return the correct values. >>> >>> If it doesn't return the correct values then it doesn't work. I have not >>> used 4.0 yet, so this goes high on my watch list. >> >> Well, the values are correct in that some time zones return correct >> abbreviations like PDT, and other time zones return "GMT±HH:MM", depending >> on the time zone. >> >> Interestingly, >> >> NSTimeZone* tz = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName: @"UTC"]; >> NSString* abv = tz.abbreviation; >> >> returns "GMT+00:00". Not very nice. > > A step backwards. I would report it as a bug, but I don't yet use 4.0. I > suggest you report it.
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