Re: XML Date/Time service update

"Hardy Merrill" <HMerrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I'm in Eastern Time Zone (New York in the list below), which is GMT
> -0500.  But when I click on http://xobjex.com/service/date.xsl, it
> displays "local" as 
>
>     local stamp="2005-01-04T05:29:13-0800
>
> notice the -0800 at the end.  The time should be 8:29:13 (-0500), but
> instead it is being displayed in "local" as 5:29:13.  Is there a problem
> in the "local" time computation?
>
> Hardy Merrill
>

Please re-read the post. The 'local' time is local to the server which
is in Santa Monica, California. The response you received was quite
correct given the query you made. Be sure to add ?offset=-0500 for EST
(see the snipped text below).

> The 'local' date information is replaced with the zone
> specified in the query string. For example:
>
>     * local & UTC - http://xobjex.com/service/date.xsl 
>     * New York - http://xobjex.com/service/date.xsl?offset=-0500 
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