[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #314: query.cc: $date returns time in GMT only
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Sat Nov 29 03:15:08 GMT 2008
#314: query.cc: $date returns time in GMT only
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Reporter: sage | Owner: olly
Type: defect | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: 1.1.0
Component: Omega | Version: 1.0.9
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Blockedby:
Platform: All | Blocking:
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Changes (by olly):
* status: new => assigned
* milestone: => 1.1.0
Comment:
{{{localtime()}}} isn't really the correct answer either - the timezone
the server is in is usually an "implementation detail". On an intranet it
will probably work OK (unless your intranet spans multiple timezones), but
not for a website on the internet.
But there certainly is an issue here - UTC is an arbitrary choice.
Ideally we'd determine the timezone of the end-user automatically and use
that, but it's not trivial to find - it requires some javascript magic,
and a mechanism to get the information back to the server.
Perhaps in the short term, {{{localtime()}}} is better than {{{gmtime()}}}
since at least it works better for most intranet cases.
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