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package net.fortuna.ical4j.util;
import java.util.TimeZone;
/**
* $Id$ [5/07/2004]
*
* Utility methods relevant to Java timezones.
*
* @author Ben Fortuna
*/
public final class TimeZones {
/**
* The timezone identifier for UTC time.
*/
public static final String UTC_ID = "Etc/UTC";
/**
* The timezone identifier for UTC time in the IBM JVM.
*/
public static final String IBM_UTC_ID = "GMT";
/**
* The timezone identifier for GMT time.
*/
public static final String GMT_ID = "Etc/GMT";
private static final TimeZone UTC_TIMEZONE;
static {
UTC_TIMEZONE = TimeZone.getTimeZone(UTC_ID);
}
/**
* Constructor made private to enforce static nature.
*/
private TimeZones() {
}
/**
* Indicates whether the specified timezone is equivalent to
* UTC time.
* @param timezone a timezone instance
* @return true if the timezone is UTC time, otherwise false
*/
public static boolean isUtc(final TimeZone timezone) {
// return timezone.hasSameRules(TimeZone.getTimeZone(UTC_ID));
// return timezone.getRawOffset() == 0;
return UTC_ID.equals(timezone.getID())
|| IBM_UTC_ID.equals(timezone.getID());
}
/**
* Although timezones are not really applicable to DATE instances in iCalendar, the implementation
* in iCal4j requires the use of a timezone. Dates in iCal4j may be either "floating", in that they
* use the default Java timezone, or alternatively will use UTC (this is the default).
*
* The use of floating dates may be configured by specifying the following as a system property or in
* a file called "ical4j.properties" in the classpath:
*
* net.fortuna.ical4j.timezone.date.floating=true
*
* @return the timezone used for date instances
*/
public static TimeZone getDateTimeZone() {
if ("true".equals(Configurator.getProperty("net.fortuna.ical4j.timezone.date.floating"))) {
return TimeZone.getDefault();
}
return getUtcTimeZone();
}
/**
* Get the UTC Timezone.
*/
public static TimeZone getUtcTimeZone() {
return UTC_TIMEZONE;
}
}