Thank you for clearing that up. I have it now. On Sep 4, 2013, at 11:49 PM, dangerwillrobinsondan...@gmail.com wrote:
> You are confusing the method with secondsFromGMT > > CDT is 3600 seconds is one hour ahead of CST and the docs could be more clear > about this method being self referential rather than GMT referential. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2013/09/05, at 13:21, Lorenzo Thurman <lore...@thethurmans.com> wrote: > >> Im working with NSTimezone and I need to get the current timezone offset, >> but I'm finding this more difficult than I think it should be. I thought it >> might just be the way I'm looking at things, but I don't think so. >> >> If create an NSTimezone object and then send that object a >> daylightSavingTimeOffset message, I get back, for Chicago, 3600. This is >> wrong, at least for my purposes, for two reasons: >> 1) The offset should negative. >> 2) Chicago is currently observing DST >> >> The value I would expect to see returned should be -3000. I get why the >> value 3600 is correct at least with respect to the magnitude, as I can see I >> have this link setup for my system: >> /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago >> >> But, why is it not negative? How do I get the correct offset. >> TIA >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
