ant - tstamp with absolute timezone not relative

[coltrane]

how can I get a time stamp for a particular time zone.
I do not want to use offset because that will only give me a tz
relative to the tz of my build machine.

thanks

john

 

[jlowery05]

Have you looked into the timezone attribute of tstamp?

 

[Roedy Green]

how can I get a time stamp for a particular time zone.
I do not want to use offset because that will only give me a tz
relative to the tz of my build machine.

timestamps e.g. currentTimeMillis are always GMT.

 

[coltrane]

yes, it refered me to the the timezone class in the java api. That only
allows to set using an offset or an ID which is not defined.

 

[jlowery05]

<project>

<target name="all">
<tstamp>
<format property="ababadabadadoo" pattern="MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm aa"
timezone="Africa/Addis_Ababa"/>
</tstamp>

<echo>${ababadabadadoo}</echo>
</target>

</project>


The ids are defined in the java.util.TimeZone class and get be had by
calling the method getAvailableIDs(), which will return a whole slew of
them.

 

[coltrane]

thanks