Hi Tim,
Great that you found this out.
You can also use the 'by-example formatter/parser'.
ZTimestampFormat verbose
timezone: (ZTimezone id: 'America/Halifax');
format: ZTimestamp now.
=> 'Saturday, 15-July-2017 04:04:12 AM (-03:00)'
(ZTimestampFormat fromString: 'Sat, 03 February 2001 04:05:06 PM')
timezone: (ZTimezone id: 'America/Halifax');
format: ZTimestamp now.
=> 'Sat, 15 July 2017 04:04:18 AM'
The idea is that you create a format instance once and keep using it.
Sven
PS: Check the class comment!
> On 15 Jul 2017, at 01:57, Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works> wrote:
>
> Classic - the moment you write something, it suddenly dawns on you… its the
> other way around.
>
> (ZTimezone id: 'America/Halifax’) gmtToLocal: ZTimestamp now…
>
> Tim
>
>> On 15 Jul 2017, at 00:34, Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for chipping in - but its the other way around that I’m after.
>>
>> I am looking at ZTimestamp now -but again I don’t quite get it?
>>
>> ZTimestamp now gives me a timestamp in UTC (great) but how do I format it to
>> show it in say Canadian time?
>>
>> I thought it would be something like:
>>
>> ZTimestamp now printOn: stream timezone: (ZTimezone id: 'America/Halifax’)
>> but it doesn’t seem to be that?
>>
>> I must be missing something.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>> On 14 Jul 2017, at 23:28, Norbert Hartl <norb...@hartl.name> wrote:
>>>
>>> Have a look at #asLocal
>>>
>>> Norbert
>>>
>>>> Am 14.07.2017 um 23:04 schrieb Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works>:
>>>>
>>>> Hi - I’m really confused about DateAndTime support in Pharo?
>>>>
>>>> If I have a server app running in the EU, and a user makes a request from
>>>> Canada, and I want to format the time they see to be in their timezone -
>>>> how do I do that with the classes in Pharo?
>>>>
>>>> I can ask for a DataAndTime nowUTC, and if I know the user is in en-CA, I
>>>> can create a Locale for them - but then how do I get the correct time
>>>> offset, or how to I format that UTC date in their locale?
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
