[DIRSTUDIO-293] Values of attributes of the syntax 'Generalized Time' must have the g-time-zone 'Z' and minutes and seconds set to be interpreted and shown as a date instead of the raw value

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.1, 1.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.0
• Component/s: studio-ldapbrowser

Environment

Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1;
Linux o309 2.6.23-gentoo-r8o309 #1 PREEMPT Mon Feb 25 15:31:40 CET 2008 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux;
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_14-b03);
Apache Directory Studio 1.1.0.v20080303

• Assignee: Stefan Seelmann
• Reporter: Linus van Geuns
• Created: 09/Mar/08 22:17
• Updated: 13/Mar/09 14:34
• Resolved: 18/Aug/08 11:44

Description

1.) Create some entry in your directory containing an attribute of the syntax 'Generalized Time'
2.) Set that to a value containing the 'g-time-zone' 'Z' and vlues for 'minute' and 'second', eg '20080309234300Z'
3.) When viewing the entry in the LDAP browser this value will be interpreted as a date and shown as '09.03.2008 23:45 CET (..'
4.) Now remove the 'second' or replace the 'g-time-zone' with eg '+02'
5.) When viewing the entry in the LDAP browser after changing it according to (4.) only the raw value for the 'Generalized Time' will be shown.

According to RFC4517 §3.3.13, the syntax 'Generalized Time' only requires values for 'century', 'year', 'month', 'day' and 'hour' plus the 'g-time-zome' which can be 'Z' or a 'g-differential' ((+/-)hour[minute]) representing a local time zone, so the LDAP browser should be able to interpret those values.