Android :: Missing Timezone From Android
Sep 27, 2009
The timezone for New Caledonia is missing from android. It is GMT +11 with NO daylight saving time. Android auto-detects me in NewCaledonia on my Hero but automatically uses Magadan (GMT+11) and applies +1 hour of daylight saving time to it, so, it shows the wrong time... If I manually set the time back one hour, incoming SMS time is wrong and I have a problem of time with google calendar sync too. I had a look to Donut using SDK 1.6: it still has a problem with missing NewCaledonia timezone. So I went to android 1.6-rc1 source folder in /development/tools/ zoneinfo and found what seems to be a 2008h version. I ran the generate script and got the two files: zoneinfo.dat and zoneinfo.
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Apr 23, 2010
I meet a strange timezone issue when I debug my application on Android_2.1 SDK. I first start the emulator and set timezone to "Alaska" in Settings. I also search the internet and find Alaska is in GMT-9:00. If DST applied, it should be GMT-8:00. Then write some sample code like: TimeZone.getDefault().getOffset(0); // returns 36000000 (= 10 * 60 * 60 * 1000) TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT-9:00").getOffset(0); // returns 32400000 (= 9 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
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Nov 14, 2010
I am trying to get phone's correct timezone. I tried String newTzID = Calendar.getInstance().getTimeZone().getID(); This is returning "America/Atikokan". But my phone's timezone is EST. Both of these have an offset of GMT -5 hours. But I actually need to differentiate between EST and "America/Atikokan", since "America/ Atikokan" doesn't have day light savings time. Is there a way to get the correct id?
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Jan 22, 2009
to dear all Android developers, I need to know the UTC bias of my phone to correct the UTC time information I got from a site. I have read earlier posts and already found the solution to get TimeZone information from the "System.currentTimeMillis();" method. However, I need to translate the TimeZone (as like, "Asia/Taipei") to the UTC bias that it has to be (as like, "UTC+8" or other formats). Does anyone know the actual API solution? I have surveyed android.util.TimeUtils and found nothing to do this. The worst solution may I have is to build a "TimeZone/UTC" database table to translate this..
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May 10, 2010
I've written an Android app that needs the short timezone name in which the handset is currently located.I'm using the following code: String timeZone = Calendar.getInstance().getTimeZone().getDisplayName(false, TimeZone.SHORT);When running in Chicago, this returns "CST". In New York, "EST". In Strasbourg, France, it's returning "HNEC" (Heure Normale de l'Europe Centrale in French).
The timezone in this location is referred to by some as "Central European Time" (see Wikipedia's Time zones of Europe).I'm passing timeZone off to a third-party system which very much insists on getting "CET" (not "HNEC"). Is there an API call I can rely on to return the three-letter (and, I think, "more modern") short timezone name? As my code runs in more and more locations, I'm guessing this problem is going to occur elsewhere, too. I'm really hoping to avoid maintaining some sort of map of three-letter to four-letter short timezone names.
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Aug 30, 2010
I am trying to implement time zone change in broadcast receiver but its not working .my requirment is if i change the time zone it will go to another activity using broad cast receiver can anybody give example
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Apr 8, 2012
I am trying to convert the results of timezone to text for use in textView. I am new ro android devloping,
Here is my current code:
Code:
TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setText(tz);
but it gives me this error:
Code:
The method setText(CharSequence) in the type TextView is not applicable for the arguments (TimeZone). I understand the error, but I do not know how to convert the Timezone to "Eastern Standard Time" or "Pacific Standard Time" or whatever the case may be.
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Apr 22, 2014
I'm testing a hybrid phone/scanner that came from China and I noticed the time was wrong on it (we don't use the phone part), so I went into time settings and it was set to automatic date & time and timezone, but when I turned off automatic timezone it said it was still China even though I've been using the device for a week. When I look up our IP on the web it says it's in the US in the correct state so I don't understand why Android is not locating the phone by IP.
I've noticed on other Android phones the time randomly goes incorrect when off cell service (like on my old Droid 2 or Galaxy Tab which I keep the cell service off for), so this appears to be a bug in Android. Is there a way I can smack the phone so it does it automatically or do I always have to expect Google not to do this right and make me have to manually set the timezone (and sometimes the time)?
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Aug 9, 2010
the different timezones you cannot always answer in 24 hours, but atm I am really asking myself in which timezone do you actually live? Is it in a parallel universe where the time lasts forever? That would definitively explain why you only post 1 answer in a week. OK answer might be the wrong word, you sum up the obvious. So Jeff plz tell me that I am right otherwise you should perhaps rethink if you are the right person for this job.
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Nov 23, 2010
I have been lurking for a few months now but have finally registered as i have an issue i just cant figure out. Me and the wife both have a Desire. When the time is set to automatically update from the network it keeps changing to GMT -8 Las Vegas time. it even says Las Vegas in the current clock.(and i cant delete it We have never manually changed the clock to Vegas time. The freaky thing is that we used to live in Las Vegas, BUT we didn't get our Desire's until moving back to the UK. I have made sure all my router, modem and PC settings are all GMT UK Time. the only thing that i can think is it is Gmail doing it as we made our Gmail account whilst in Las Vegas. its very annoying as when it changes to Vegas time obviously all our alarms and calender entries go "pete tong".
Also if i set the clock to manual it loses time pretty quickly as i left the wifes on auto and mine manual and within a few days mine had dropped 2 or 3 mins. We have the same gmail account synced to both phones. we also use Launcher Pro I thnk that is all the info i have for now.
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Apr 23, 2010
is anyone having trouble changing the timezone using the 1.6 No Twiz Rom? My phone seems to be stuck on Eastern Timezone and it wont let me adjust the timezone in prompt or manual setting mode.I tried rebooting my phone a few times and after a full day of use, it's still won't change to the correct timezone
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Nov 4, 2010
Is there a way to get the Timezone given the name of a Country? I use getCountryName() in Maps to get the name of the Country.
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May 16, 2014
i generated a tzdata file with the new 2014c timezone file from IANA to reflect a change in my country DST
i pushed the file to /system/usr/share/zoneinfo and changed the
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Oct 29, 2010
I am using milestone Android 2.1, user from Singapore. Everytime i took a new photo, the time stamp for the photo will be in different timezone (greenwich time), tried set different timezone in setting and reboot the milestone but still got no luck to change the timestamp, anyone met this problem?
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Sep 18, 2010
I took a plunge this morning buying Missing Sync for Android on PC. It does not work. Loads of errors, hangs, if it connects at all.
I tried their support center, it would not allow me to register.
I tried their forum, it's security image does not appear, making it impossible to post.
Tried their Board e-mail, bounces back with error.
Tried their support@markspace.com, bounces back with error.
Has anybody used this successfully? Should I contact visa...?
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Jul 10, 2010
I've been trying to modify the native android applications downloaded from the android source repo at github. But I noticed that after creating Eclipse projects from some apps, like the Launcher, there are missing imports, variables that are not declared anywhere else, etc... After my initial research, I noticed that some of the libs that are native, are compiled at runtime and registered in the dalvik VM as java libs and by having done this the system finds these as already present libs, the same goes for the "phantom" variables. But I don't understand how does a developer open such a project in any java ide, and compile it. So what do Google developers use to work on android apps? I don't believe it's eclipse, since I am not sure you can make eclipse use runtime imports, and runtime variables. And I am almost certain that they do not write code in notepad.
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Dec 8, 2009
Forgot to mention that I am trying to make this file in Eclipse. If I try to build it using the ant command, it gives me no errors.
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Aug 17, 2010
We're developing Droid Apps (5 in development) and looking for ideas and suggestions...what would you like to see added to the marketplace?
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Oct 27, 2010
In my application on android phones I create server socekt using method.Then, I use Usb bluetooth stick to discover which sdp services are available.On ubuntu I use commands: "hcitool scan" and then "sdptool browse XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX".On HTC Desire and Samsung GalaxyS i9000 (android 2.1 update1) - sevice is available but without name.On HTC G2 Touch, HTC Legend (android 2.1 update1) - services is available but "Service name: Generic service".On HTC Nexus One (android 2.1 update1 and android 2.2) and Motorola Milestone (android 2.1 update1)- service is available and with properly name "Service name: MyName".Does anybody know why HTC Desire, HTC Legend, HTC G2 Touch and Samsung GalaxyS i9000 set wrong service name? Or how to force properly name? Is it possible that something wrong with bluetooth stack on that phones?
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Nov 14, 2010
I haven't been using the Facebook app since the version 1.3.2 battery issue, but I've noticed that recently it's been updated to 1.4.1. So I thought I'd give it another try, and they seem to have fixed the battery issue which is great, but I'm now missing notifications (i.e. when you tap the blue bar at the bottom you get a list of comments people have made either after your comments, or on your photos and things). For example, this morning I had 8 notifications on the app, but when I checked the mobile site there were two that hadn't pushed through to the facebook app. Anyone else get this? I have the feeling I'm missing a really simple setting somewhere.
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Nov 8, 2010
Does anyone know why some of the QuickActions were removed from the latest Twitter application (v1.0.5)? Clicking on a user's picture use to bring up the QuickAction bar, but now takes you to a separate activity.
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Dec 13, 2009
I dont know if its just me or if anyone else is having the problem. Apps such as weatherbug, barcode scanner, pkt auctions, and amazon just to name a few.I have even went back to the oringinal sprint ruu with not luck and then no luck with the OTA update. Can anyone try these apps and see if you have any luck.
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Jun 25, 2010
Several apps (such as Rings Extended and Ringdroid) are missing from the market on my wife's T-Mobile Pulse Mini, though I can get them fine on my HTC Desire. Any idea why, and what I could do to fix it?
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Apr 22, 2010
I am one of the lucky ones to get my htc incredible early and I noticed a few apps are missing. Im looking for a LED flashlight app, fandango, and some more food places apps.
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Oct 31, 2010
Hierarchy Viewer tool is missing from my android-sdk-windows ools directory.
Link to tool: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/hierarchy-viewer.html
Should it be there is first place?
SDK Tools rev. 7, Platforms 7 & 8 packages are installed.
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Aug 30, 2010
I have several Google Calendars that I sync with my DROID Incredible running 2.1 update 1. One of my calendars recently quit showing up its data, although I have it selected on the phone AND all data displays fine on Google Calendars. I have tried reselecting some of the other calendars in case Android had a max number it would display. I have deselected and reselected the calendar on Google thinking that may refresh it but still no luck. Funny thing is, the calendar used to show up fine. Don't know when I lost it exactly. Any ideas?
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May 11, 2009
It seems that there is no calendar app in the android 1.5 sdk. Actually in my app i want to retrieve the information stored in the calendar app in android. But I cant find the classes in Android 1.5 . Is calendar omitted from the 1.5 release or I am not able to find it? Can anyone help me this? If calendar apis are omitted then how can i find the events/meeting information stored in the calendar app of the phone.
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Oct 14, 2009
I just got my Samsung i7500 and the Android Market is missing from my phone. What do I do to get it? Android was the main reason I bought this phone.
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Apr 2, 2010
Recently Google awarded me with a free brand new Motorola Droid the Fed Ex box arrived yesterday and it was EMPTY absolutely empty! I'm pissed.i've called Fed Ex.Bright Point (Shipper)and Google they're all sending me around in circles and could careless! But i was counting on that phone to help me develop better apps! Anyone else have this problem? Or know of any numbers I can call to get a straight answer?
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Jun 4, 2010
I am trying to change the DNS settings of Android phone, programatiacally.I need to use the following class: android.os.ServiceManager; android.os.SystemProperties; com.android.internal.telephony;These classes are available in Android 1.5 but they dont exist in Android 2.1. Are they replaced by any other class in 2.1?Any pointers on the substitute classes available in Android2.1?
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