Tag Archive 'Timezone'

Updated Zmanim Jar Released – Please Download the Latest

Posted by KosherJava on February 7, 2008 - א' אדר א' תשס"ח | Filed under: Software Dev, Zmanim

In December when developing the Zmanim/Bearing to Yerushalayim map (blog post), I noticed a problem with the code used to generate zmanim. The API returns a Java Date object. Usually only the time is of interest, and the date is ignored, but in some cases (when a timezone offset is specified without using the Olson [...]

Zmanim Calendar Generator Back Up (With Proper DST Rules)

Posted by KosherJava on November 6, 2007 - כ"ה חשון תשס"ח | Filed under: Site News, Software Dev, Zmanim

The Zmanim Calendar Generator has been back up for about 2 weeks, but due to a downgrade in the Java version used, the DST issue that was as mentioned as fixed in a previous post returned. This has now been fixed using the Timezone Updater Tool. Please let me know if you run into any [...]