net.time4j.tz

Interface TransitionStrategy

public interface TransitionStrategy

Serves for resolving of local timestamps to a global UNIX timestamp, escpecially if there are conflicts due to gaps or overlaps on the local timeline.

Author:

Meno Hochschild

Specification:

All implementations must be immutable, thread-safe and serializable.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ZonalOffset	getOffset(GregorianDate localDate, WallTime localTime, Timezone timezone) Calculates a suitable offset for given local timestamp.
long	resolve(GregorianDate localDate, WallTime localTime, Timezone timezone) Calculates a suitable global timestamp for given local timestamp.

Method Detail

resolve

long resolve(GregorianDate localDate,
             WallTime localTime,
             Timezone timezone)

Calculates a suitable global timestamp for given local timestamp.

The nanosecond fraction of given wall time will not be taken into account.

Parameters:

localDate - local calendar date in given timezone

localTime - local wall time in given timezone

timezone - timezone data containing offset history

Returns:

global timestamp as full seconds since UNIX epoch (posix time)

Since:

1.2.1

See Also:

TimeScale.POSIX, PlainTimestamp.in(Timezone), Timezone.with(TransitionStrategy)

getOffset

ZonalOffset getOffset(GregorianDate localDate,
                      WallTime localTime,
                      Timezone timezone)

Calculates a suitable offset for given local timestamp.

Parameters:

localDate - local calendar date in given timezone

localTime - local wall time in given timezone

timezone - timezone data containing offset history

Returns:

ZonalOffset

Since:

1.2.1

See Also:

PlainTimestamp.in(Timezone), Timezone.with(TransitionStrategy)