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Default date formatter does not display correctly

asked 2020-10-29 23:14:04 +0800

rmalik gravatar image rmalik
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Hi all,

In our application we have a date that is: 29-jun-2021 0:00:00
When we use the default zk date formatter: @converter('formatedDate', format='dd-MM-yyyy') it displays the following: 28-06-2021

Does anyone know why the date changes? We are using zk version 8.6.0.1 at the moment.

Kind regards,

Remie

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answered 2020-10-30 11:06:50 +0800

cor3000 gravatar image cor3000
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updated 2020-10-30 11:14:15 +0800

most likely a time zone (and or DST) issue.

e.g.: if your date at server side is using UTC and is then displayed using "New York" 2021-06-29 0:00 GMT+0 will become 2021-06-28 8:00pm GMT-4

In order to debug simply append the HH:mm:ss Z to the date time format just to see the time and timezone information helping you to debug this in more detail.

<datebox width="300px" format="YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z" />
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answered 2020-10-30 17:10:34 +0800

MDuchemin gravatar image MDuchemin
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You can make your own converter and pass it from the VM instead of using the default.

http://books.zkoss.org/zk-mvvm-book/8.0/syntax/converter.html

Just implement a class with the converter interface, instantiate one in the VM (with a getter) and pass it to the compoenent:

<datebox value="@load(vm.myDate) @converter(vm.customDateConverter)"/>

If you are using the default converter, you can check ZK's date handling here regarding timezones: https://www.zkoss.org/wiki/ZKDeveloper'sReference/Internationalization/Time_Zone

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answered 2020-10-30 16:28:36 +0800

rmalik gravatar image rmalik
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Hi Cor3000,

Yes, that's it! When i use the above setting i get:

2021-06-28 23:00:00 +0100

Is there any way i can add GMT+1 to the converter?

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answered 2020-10-30 16:59:59 +0800

rmalik gravatar image rmalik
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I can see i can use the datebox timezone functionality:

<datebox value="@load(line.field('BestBeforeDate').value)" format="YYYY-MM-dd" timezone="Europe/Amsterdam"/>

This works for me. Much appreciated.

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answered 2020-10-30 17:36:13 +0800

rmalik gravatar image rmalik
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I see. If i create my own converter it does exactly do what i expected: 2021-06-28. The Date is a CET type and will convert fine.

However looking at https://www.zkoss.org/wiki/ZKDeveloper'sReference/Internationalization/Time_Zone

I change my example after login to:

TimeZone preferredTimeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/Amsterdam");

Executions.getCurrent().getDesktop().setAttribute(Attributes.PREFERREDTIMEZONE, preferredTimeZone);

My datebox: <datebox value="@load(line.field('BestBeforeDate').value)" format="YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z"/> still shows: 1-06-28 23:00:00 1.

I expected it to be: 1-06-28 00:00:00

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There could still be a difference between your client and the server's declared timezone.

MDuchemin ( 2020-10-30 18:37:28 +0800 )edit

possibly daylight saving time, possibly just different timezone.

MDuchemin ( 2020-10-30 18:37:56 +0800 )edit

A good option to find out why this happen would be to put a breakpoint in your VM and check the date object after conversion. This should let you know if the date was converted to the expected timezone, or if the client set it differently initially

MDuchemin ( 2020-10-30 18:39:10 +0800 )edit

Also, depending on how you set the timezone, the setting may not apply before the next page load. A reliable way to set is at server start, with the library property: <library-property> <name>org.zkoss.web.preferred.timeZone</name> <value>time zone here</value> </library-property>

MDuchemin ( 2020-10-30 18:41:11 +0800 )edit

(to expand on that: if you set the timezone for the desktop, the page may have already rendered the timebox as the default timezone, before your change applied)

MDuchemin ( 2020-10-30 18:43:10 +0800 )edit
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answered 2020-10-30 23:20:16 +0800

rmalik gravatar image rmalik
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Thanks for the info MDuchemin. That is really helpfull. I have now discovered that if i use Sessions.getCurrent(); and set the timezone to Amsterdam, the value gets overriden upon entering a regular VM.

In my Debug console i can see that the value of the session attribute is:

org.zkoss.web.preferred.timeZone -> {ZoneInfo@22052} "sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfo[id="GMT+01:00",offset=3600000,dstSavings=0,useDaylight=false,transitions=0,lastRule=null]"

It seems that the application itself is using the sun package to interfere. I have to investigate is further.

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I have found it! In our baseOverview it got the TimeZone from the browser. After removing it and replacing it with my code it worked! Thanks very much!

rmalik ( 2020-10-30 23:27:02 +0800 )edit

great to hear that ... timezone issues are sometimes challenging to debug, especially remotely

cor3000 ( 2020-11-02 18:40:15 +0800 )edit
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