[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBSEAM-3089) Provide a list of world time zones

[Dan Allen (JIRA)]

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Dan Allen commented on JBSEAM-3089:
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This is one of those features that would be so nice to have in Seam. Every time a developer has to add a time zone choice list to their app, they waste like an entire day researching time zones, trying to steal a list from the web, finding out that there isn't one, then stealing it from some forums somewhere. Granted, no list will please everyone. So here is my idea.

We provide a flat file of timezones that map to offsets. We read that list from the classpath in a startup component (if configure in components.xml, say <international:time-zone-config/>). The developer can override that list with a file on their classpath or somewhere else. But the format would be the same.

> Provide a list of world time zones
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>
>                 Key: JBSEAM-3089
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-3089
>             Project: Seam
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: Core
>    Affects Versions: 2.1.0.A1
>            Reporter: Dan Allen
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: The future
>
>   Original Estimate: 30 minutes
>  Remaining Estimate: 30 minutes
>
> Many projects need to be able to display a list of time zones. However, there is no good way to do this in Java. It would be great if Seam provided a good enough for the common project list in one of the international components. The project could always maintain its own list if this one doesn't suffice.

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