Time Zone Conversions in Solaris Applications

 
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Re: Time Zone Conversions in Solaris Applications

Submitted by Jan-Hendrik Mangold on Sun, 08/31/2008 - 20:35.

Nicely done video, Oliver!! You remind me a little of Walt Disney! :)

BTW: did you know that you can attach the PDF to the same entry as your video? I see you created a second entry for the video. Just edit this one and attach the PDF to this.

PS: I just attached the PDF to this entry

Re: Re: Time Zone Conversions in Solaris Applications

Submitted by Oliver Hagerman IV on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 05:44.

Thank you for attaching the file and unpublishing Part 2. What is the process for attaching that file? Also, is it possible to replace the video on an existing entry, if needed (So I could omit the reference to the PDF in Part 2 from the video)?

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Submitted by Jan-Hendrik Mangold on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 08:20.

You just click on Audio or PDF to upload one or more files for your submission. It is possible to re-upload an existing entry, but I need to flip a switch for that. Let me know when you are ready.

Re: Time Zone Conversions in Solaris Applications - Part 1

Submitted by Jeffery Wheelock on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 11:44.

Excellent problem description and creative solution using standard Solaris libraries. Great video Oliver - thanks!

Re: Time Zone Conversions in Solaris Applications - Part 1

Submitted by Jeffery Wheelock on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 11:51.

BTW - The last 10 seconds are hilarious ;-)

Thanks, Jeff. Yeah, my

Submitted by Oliver Hagerman IV on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 06:18.

Thanks, Jeff. Yeah, my brother, the TV director, that helped me produce it, advised me "your audience will be expecting a drink of water at the end", so that apparently is working. Next time, I'll probably jump directly into the core material faster though, for web surfing content.

Great job!

Submitted by Morris Hooten on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 10:54.

Great job!

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Oliver Hager... Created: 08/31/2008 - 10:11

Converting date and time between time zones around the world is a common requirement in global web services. Fortunately, there is an easy way to tap into the Solaris zoneinfo database and library routines by simply adjusting a single shell environment variable to control how the local time conversion process works.