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The first method was already there, the secnd ive just added. both have this
caveat:
* NOTE: we are using jodatime patterns right now, but may switch to jsr-310
when thats available in java 8.
* Not sure whether these patterns will still work then, so use this
formatter at the risk of having to
* change it eventually. OTOH, its likely that the same functionality will
be present in jsr-310.
public CalendarDateFormatter(String pattern) {
dflocal = DateTimeFormat.forPattern(pattern).withZoneUTC();
}
public CalendarDateFormatter(String pattern, CalendarTimeZone tz) {
dflocal = DateTimeFormat.forPattern(pattern).withZone(
tz.getJodaTimeZone());
}
> >
> > Also, for formatting on output, the IDV supports specifying the
> > TimeZone. It would be useful to have a method in CalendarDateFormatter
> > which would take a custom format string and a timezone, something like:
> >
> > public static String formattedString(CalendarDate cd, String pattern,
> > CalendarTimeZone tz) {
> > DateTimeFormatter mydf =
> > DateTimeFormat.forPattern(pattern).withZone(CalendarTimeZone.getDateTimeZone());
> > return mydf.print(cd.getDateTime());
> >
> > }
Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TVQ-727289
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Open