Re: Getting time zone abbreviations
Re: Getting time zone abbreviations
- Subject: Re: Getting time zone abbreviations
- From: David Rowland <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:34:30 -0700
>>>> On Jun 18, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Rick Mann wrote:
>>>>> Is there any way to get short abbreviations for a TimeZone? I need it short due to limited space. I need a common abbreviation due to users not knowing POSIX timezone names.
>>>>
>>>> this works for me:
>>>>
>>>> NSTimeZone* theZone;
>>>> NSString* zoneAbbreviation;
>>>>
>>>> theZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:tzName];
>>>> zoneAbbreviation = [theZone abbreviation];
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've discovered that this seems to be a change between iOS 3.1/3.2 and 4.0.
>>>
>>> That is, the code works, but does not return the correct values.
>>
>> If it doesn't return the correct values then it doesn't work. I have not used 4.0 yet, so this goes high on my watch list.
>
> Well, the values are correct in that some time zones return correct abbreviations like PDT, and other time zones return "GMT±HH:MM", depending on the time zone.
>
> Interestingly,
>
> NSTimeZone* tz = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName: @"UTC"];
> NSString* abv = tz.abbreviation;
>
> returns "GMT+00:00". Not very nice.
A step backwards. I would report it as a bug, but I don't yet use 4.0. I suggest you report it.
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