> On 17 Nov 2017, at 08:49 , Peter Uhnák <i.uh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I find the concept of translating TZ of a Date silly. The real bug imho
> should be that it prints both time and TZ.... this is Date, not DateAndTime.
>
I live in Oregon, and frequently work with people in New Zealand, which is
(depending on the time of year) 19 to 21 hours ahead of Oregon. So, when it is
3pm at home, it is noon the next day in New Zealand.
This means that in order to know the day of the week, the month, and even the
year, of a given instant in UTC, one has to know the timezone that is being
referred to. The answer could be Sunday, 31 December 2017 for one observer,
and Monday, 1 January 2018 for another.
So, contrary to your statement, I don’t see how I can know the date without
also knowing the Time Zone.
Andrew
