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Re: [PATCH 1/1] gitweb: javascript ability to adjust time based on timezone

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Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com>
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Mar 24, 2011, 22:00 UTC
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2011/3/24 Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>:
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>> 4) IE6 does not seem to like ISO 8601 format:
>>
>> x = new Date("2011-03-09T03:29:09Z");
>>
>> This sets all fields to NaN.  I suspect that getTime() values
>> (milliseconds since 1970-01-01) are more portable.
>
> Do you mean using epoch in title attribute, or fallback to parsing
> ISO 8601 UTC format with regexps?

getTime() format is $epoch * 1000. When I switched to that format, all 3 of my browsers were able to handle it.

I really don't think relying on "new Date(iso8601_timestamp)" is a good idea, but I guess the string parsing approach would work:

http://webcloud.se/log/JavaScript-and-ISO-8601/
> Dealing with DST (zoneinfo library) is simply too hard for JavaScript
> IMHO.  What we could do is to store "local" in cookie, not a fixed TZ
> offset (or perhaps store both as to not recalculate it).

I agree, and I do not have a comprehensive solution for handling non-local timezones.

> Hmmm... perhaps a 'config' page?

Any thoughts on what other user-configurable items might get added in the future, and whether they will be on the client side or server side?

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Message 23 of 36 in “gitweb: rename parse_date() to format_date()”
  1. 1/2 gitweb: rename parse_date() to format_date()Kevin Cernekee, Mar 19, 2011
  2. 2/2 gitweb: introduce localtime featureKevin Cernekee, Mar 19, 2011
  3. Jakub NarebskiMar 19, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2011
  5. Kevin CernekeeMar 19, 2011
  6. Jakub NarebskiMar 19, 2011
  7. Kevin CernekeeMar 19, 2011
  8. Jakub NarebskiMar 19, 2011
  9. J.H.Mar 20, 2011
  10. Kevin CernekeeMar 20, 2011
  11. Jakub NarebskiMar 21, 2011
  12. J.H.Mar 21, 2011
  13. Jakub NarebskiMar 21, 2011
  14. Piotr KrukowieckiMar 21, 2011
  15. J.H.Mar 21, 2011
  16. Jakub NarebskiMar 21, 2011
  17. 0/1 Gitweb: Change timezoneJohn 'Warthog9' Hawley, Mar 24, 2011
  18. 1/1 gitweb: javascript ability to adjust time based on timezoneJohn 'Warthog9' Hawley, Mar 24, 2011
  19. Kevin CernekeeMar 24, 2011
  20. J.H.Mar 24, 2011
  21. Jakub NarebskiMar 24, 2011
  22. Jakub NarebskiMar 24, 2011
  23. Kevin CernekeeMar 24, 2011
  24. J.H.Mar 24, 2011
  25. J.H.Mar 24, 2011
  26. Jakub NarebskiMar 24, 2011
  27. Jakub NarebskiMar 24, 2011
  28. gitweb: Fix handling of fractional timezones in parse_dateJakub Narebski, Mar 25, 2011
  29. Kevin CernekeeMar 25, 2011
  30. gitweb: Fix handling of fractional timezones in parse_dateJakub Narebski, Mar 25, 2011
  31. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2011
  32. Jakub NarebskiMar 25, 2011
  33. gitweb: Fix handling of fractional timezones in parse_dateJakub Narebski, Mar 25, 2011
  34. Jakub NarebskiMar 19, 2011
  35. Jon SeymourMar 19, 2011
  36. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2011

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