timezone
timezone
timezone
various timezone functions not included in mx: version 2.1 jul-2005 Paul Hastings ([email protected])
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castFromServer()
returns date in given TZ from given server date, takes DST into account
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| thisDate |
date |
Yes |
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| tz |
String |
No |
[runtime expression] |
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castFromUTC()
returns date in given TZ from given UTC date, takes DST into account
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| thisDate |
date |
Yes |
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| tz |
String |
No |
[runtime expression] |
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castToServer()
returns server date in given TZ from given UTC date, takes DST into account
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| thisDate |
date |
Yes |
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| tz |
String |
No |
[runtime expression] |
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castToUTC()
returns UTC from given date in given TZ, takes DST into account
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| thisDate |
date |
Yes |
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| tz |
String |
No |
[runtime expression] |
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getAvailableTZ()
returns a list of timezones available on this server
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| None |
getDST()
returns DST savings in hours
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| tz |
String |
No |
[runtime expression] |
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getRawOffset()
returns rawoffset in hours
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| tz |
String |
No |
[runtime expression] |
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getServerId()
returns the server timezone id. contributed by dan switzer: [email protected]
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| None |
getServerTZ()
returns server TZ (long)
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| None |
getServerTZShort()
returns server TZ (short). contributed by dan switzer: [email protected]
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| None |
getTZByOffset()
returns a list of timezones available on this server for a given raw offset
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| thisOffset |
numeric |
Yes |
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getTZOffset()
returns offset in hours
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| thisDate |
date |
No |
[runtime expression] |
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| tz |
String |
No |
[runtime expression] |
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init()
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| None |
isDST()
determines if a given date in a given timezone is in DST
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| dateToTest |
date |
No |
[runtime expression] |
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| tz |
String |
Yes |
[runtime expression] |
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isValidTZ()
validates if a given timezone is in list of timezones available on this server
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| tz |
String |
No |
[runtime expression] |
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usesDST()
determines if a given timezone uses DST
Arguments
| Name |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Options |
Description |
| tz |
String |
No |
[runtime expression] |
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