Re: Bug in the setTimestamp() method for Newfoundland time

Brent,

This is now fixed in current cvs.  Thanks for the bug report.

--Barry

Brent Eagles wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The Statement.setTimestamp() implementation has a bug in it for half
> hour timezones west of GMT.  Newfoundland is such a location with a
> timezone offset of GMT -3:30.  An example of a bogus string (calc
> includes Daylight savings time offset) follows:
>
> 2003-07-15 10:43:35.000000-020-30
>
> The problem is in here:
>
>     int l_minos = l_offset - (l_houros * 60);
>     if (l_minos != 0)
>     {
>     if (l_minos < 10)
>         sbuf.append('0');
>     sbuf.append(l_minos);
>     }
>
> l_minos is going to be negative so 1. a zero is going to erroneously be
> inserted into the stream and 2. the neg sign is going to be included in
> sbuf.append(l_minos).
>
> A possible fix is to modify the code like so:
>
>     if (l_minos != 0)
>     {
>         l_minos = Math.abs(l_minos);
>     if (l_minos < 10)
>         sbuf.append('0');
>     sbuf.append(l_minos);
>     }
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Brent
>