Re: [LIP] Time display in my choice of timezone using javascript

On 14/06/06, Babu Kalakrishnan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Don't think there's anything built into Javascript to handle
> timezones other than the local one.
>
> http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/js-date5.htm

Yeah, I did google and reach that page.

So here is what I am doing.

Create an instance of Date().

Use getUTC*() methods to get year, month etc. in UTC.

Hardcode my chosen zone's DST rules to convert the UTC timestamp to
said zone. The screw-up is that US/Eastern had one rule last year
(2005), another this year (2006), and yet another one next year
(2007).

Adjust the hour/date/month/year for the difference (4h/5h). Handle
month changes, year changes, and even leap years :(

Look at cat /dev/urandom for slightly more readable code.

Binand