incorrect timezone displayed

> I was a bit suprised to see that the "UTC" timezone is actually
> hardcoded into the default date/time formats in OPS, and is displayed
> against any dateTime/time regardless of the actual timezone!
>
> eg
>
> 13:20:00.000-05:00
> is displayed as
> 13:20:00 UTC
>
> Which is incorrect.
>
> I think these expressions in org.orbeon.oxf.xforms.XFormsControls need
> fixing (and the defaults in properties.xml) - the latter two should use
> [Z] instead of the UTC literal, and the former should include [Z] also
> since a date can have a timezone component (which can't be input, but
> often dates generated by external sources are displayed as outputs on a
> form).
>
> "if (. castable as xs:date) then
>     format-date(xs:date(.), '[MNn] [D], [Y]', 'en', (), ()) else ."
>
> "if (. castable as xs:dateTime) then
>     format-dateTime(xs:dateTime(.), '[MNn] [D], [Y] [H01]:[m01]:[s01]
> UTC', 'en', (), ()) else ."
>
> "if (. castable as xs:time) then
>     format-time(xs:time(.), '[H01]:[m01]:[s01] UTC', 'en', (), ()) else ."
>
> The ouput isn't perfect in the current OPS version of saxon : it will
> output 'Z' (which is equal to UTC) when there is no timezone, whereas it
> should output nothing (a date/time/dateTime without a timezone cannot be
> assumed to be UTC: it's timezone must be considered unknown). But this
> is fixed in 8.6 (see the last point in
> http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/changes/intro86/xslt86.html),
> along with support for [ZN] which outputs the timezone name instead of
> the numerical offset - eg EST instead of -05:00. Although for this to
> work correctly country should be specified also.
>
> Any idea when Saxon will be upgraded?
>
> Adrian
>
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> Hello,
>
> I am having an issue with Orbeon persisting the Date to the database. The
> Create Date and Last Modified Date are 5 hours in the future.  Is there a
> place in the properties where I can change the timezone?
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Michael
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> Alex,
> I am using the Oracle persistence layer and I notice the time difference
> when I look at the database entries.
> Michael
> On 2010-07-26, at 8:16 PM, Alessandro Vernet [via Orbeon Forms (ops-users)]
> wrote:
>
> Michael,
>
> What persistence layer are you using? Is it the default one (eXist)?
> And where do you see that the last modified is 5 hours in the future?
> Is it on the summary page, or by looking at data in the database?
>
> Alex
>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 8:28 AM, MichaelCap <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am having an issue with Orbeon persisting the Date to the database. The
>> Create Date and Last Modified Date are 5 hours in the future.  Is there a
>> place in the properties where I can change the timezone?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>> Michael
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