Package 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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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.
static TimeZone	parseTimezone(String tzStr)	Parse the specified timezone ID.

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

parseTimezone

public static TimeZone parseTimezone(String tzStr)

Parse the specified timezone ID. If null input then return UTC. If we can't resolve it then throw an exception. Does not return null.