com.atlassian.confluence.core
Class TimeZone

java.lang.Object
  com.atlassian.confluence.core.TimeZone

public class TimeZone
extends java.lang.Object

Represents an instance of an valid time zone, wrapping a TimeZone. Call getInstance(String) or getDefault() to get a specific TimeZone object.

The list of acceptable time zones is loaded once from a properties file, and trying to retrieve a time zone not in this list will return the application's default time zone.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
static TimeZone	getDefault()
java.lang.String	getDisplayOffset()
java.lang.String	getID()
static TimeZone	getInstance(java.lang.String timeZoneID) Returns the flyweight TimeZone for the given ID, which is the same instance used for this time zone throughout the system.
java.lang.String	getMessageKey()
static java.util.List<TimeZone>	getSortedTimeZones()
java.util.TimeZone	getWrappedTimeZone()
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getInstance

public static TimeZone getInstance(java.lang.String timeZoneID)

Returns the flyweight TimeZone for the given ID, which is the same instance used for this time zone throughout the system.

Parameters:

timeZoneID - a valid time zone ID as specified by TimeZone

Returns:

the TimeZone specified by the time zone ID, or the default time zone if timeZoneID is null or not in the list of time zones returned by getSortedTimeZones().

getID

public java.lang.String getID()

Returns:

the time zone identifier as returned by TimeZone.getID().

getMessageKey

public java.lang.String getMessageKey()

Returns:

a message key which can be used with ConfluenceActionSupport.getText(String) to display the localised name of the time zone.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

getDisplayOffset

public java.lang.String getDisplayOffset()

Returns:

the raw offset in a printable format, e.g. +0800, -1230

getDefault

public static TimeZone getDefault()

Returns:

the server's default timezone, retrieved from TimeZone.getDefault().

getSortedTimeZones

public static java.util.List<TimeZone> getSortedTimeZones()

Returns:

the list of available time zones sorted by offset from GMT (west to east), then by alphabetical order of time zone ID.

getWrappedTimeZone

public java.util.TimeZone getWrappedTimeZone()

Returns:

the underlying TimeZone which is wrapped by this implementation.