org.apache.solr.util
Class TimeZoneUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.solr.util.TimeZoneUtils

public final class TimeZoneUtils
extends Object

Simple utilities for working with TimeZones

See Also:

TimeZone

Field Summary

static Set<String>

KNOWN_TIMEZONE_IDS An immutable Set of all TimeZone IDs supported by the TimeZone class at the moment the TimeZoneUtils was initialized.

Method Summary

static TimeZone

getTimeZone(String ID) This method is provided as a replacement for TimeZone.getTimeZone but without the annoying behavior of returning "GMT" for gibberish input.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

KNOWN_TIMEZONE_IDS

public static final Set<String> KNOWN_TIMEZONE_IDS

An immutable Set of all TimeZone IDs supported by the TimeZone class at the moment the TimeZoneUtils was initialized.

See Also:

TimeZone.getAvailableIDs(int)

Method Detail

getTimeZone

public static final TimeZone getTimeZone(String ID)

This method is provided as a replacement for TimeZone.getTimeZone but without the annoying behavior of returning "GMT" for gibberish input.

This method will return null unless the input is either:

• Included in the set of known TimeZone IDs
• A "CustomID" specified as a numeric offset from "GMT"

Parameters:

ID - Either a TimeZone ID found in KNOWN_TIMEZONE_IDS, or a "CustomID" specified as a GMT offset.

Returns:

A TimeZone object corresponding to the input, or null if no such TimeZone is supported.

See Also:

KNOWN_TIMEZONE_IDS, TimeZone