lc_time_local_to_utc (public)

 lc_time_local_to_utc time_value [ tz ]

Defined in packages/acs-lang/tcl/localization-procs.tcl

Converts a local time to a UTC time for the specified timezone.

Parameters:

time_value (required)

Local time in the ISO datetime format, YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS

tz (optional)

Valid timezone as supported by the Tcl Clock command or must exist in tz_data table.

Returns:

UTC time.

Testcases:

lang_test__lc_procs, lang_test__lc_timezones

Source code:

    if { $tz eq "" } {
        set tz [lang::conn::timezone]
    }

    set utc_time [lc_time_tz_convert -from $tz -to UTC -time_value $time_value]

    if {$utc_time eq ""} {
        #
        # An empty result normally means a broken date or timezone. We
        # throw a warning in this case.
        #
        ns_log warning "lc_time_local_to_utc: Timezone adjustment in ad_localization.tcl found no conversion to local time for $time_value $tz"
    }

    return $utc_time

XQL Not present:

PostgreSQL, Oracle

Generic XQL file:

packages/acs-lang/tcl/localization-procs.xql