Ext.Date UTC Support?

[jtb4x]

We (and I think many others) prefer to do date calculations in UTC, and then display a localized version of the date when we want to format/display it to the screen (if desired...we generally just keep UTC). I've been overriding a bunch of Ext.Date functions to get this to work, but was wondering if there was either a different way to do this, or plans on your part to provide some UTC support in the future.

Thanks,
Jeff

[mitchellsimoens]

There is an open bug report to be able to change timezones. Is that what you are having problems with?

[jtb4x]

essentially...we're specifically looking to do our date arithmetic, formatting, etc. in UTC, but to be able to do that stuff in any specified time zone would be great. Sorry that I didn't see the bug report - do you mind linking to it so I can follow?

Thanks

[mitchellsimoens]

I opened it internally when I ran into the issue. There is no release currently planned to include a fix for this but yes... it is planned.

[daniel123]

Hello,

I am currently starting with a new app and need to support universal dates.
Any idea on when we can expect something?
or not for that matters, then I roll my own....

[jtb4x]

Hey Daniel,
We ended up overriding some of the Ext.Date methods so we could control all date manipulating ourselves. Also, ended up using google's closure library within many of those function for solid handling of time zone manipulation.

Best of luck,
Jeff