Name: dg70945 Date: 09/23/98


In this code, you have 3 errors:

SimpleTimeZone pdt = new SimpleTimeZone(-8 * 60 * 60 * 1000, "PST");
pdt.setStartRule(DateFields.APRIL, 1, DateFields.SUNDAY, 2*60*60*1000);
pdt.setEndRule(DateFields.OCTOBER, -1, DateFields.SUNDAY, 2*60*60*1000);

ERROR #1 DateFields should be Calendar

// Format the current time.
SimpleDateFormat formatter
    = new SimpleDateFormat ("yyyy.mm.dd e 'at' hh:mm:ss a zzz");

ERROR #2 'e' should be 'E'
ERROR #3 'mm' should be 'MM'

Date currentTime_1 = new Date();
String dateString = formatter.format(currentTime_1);
// Parse the previous string back into a Date.
ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
Date currentTime_2 = formatter.parse(dateString, pos);

GENE McKENNA