Re: [PATCH 1/1] gitweb: javascript ability to adjust time based on timezone

2011/3/24 Jakub Narebski [off-list ref]:

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4) IE6 does not seem to like ISO 8601 format:

x = new Date("2011-03-09T03:29:09Z");

This sets all fields to NaN.  I suspect that getTime() values
(milliseconds since 1970-01-01) are more portable.

Do you mean using epoch in title attribute, or fallback to parsing
ISO 8601 UTC format with regexps?

getTime() format is $epoch * 1000.  When I switched to that format,
all 3 of my browsers were able to handle it.

I really don't think relying on "new Date(iso8601_timestamp)" is a
good idea, but I guess the string parsing approach would work:

http://webcloud.se/log/JavaScript-and-ISO-8601/

Dealing with DST (zoneinfo library) is simply too hard for JavaScript
IMHO.  What we could do is to store "local" in cookie, not a fixed TZ
offset (or perhaps store both as to not recalculate it).

I agree, and I do not have a comprehensive solution for handling
non-local timezones.

Hmmm... perhaps a 'config' page?

Any thoughts on what other user-configurable items might get added in
the future, and whether they will be on the client side or server
side?