[LANG-763] Reintroduce DateUtils.UTC_TIME_ZONE constant

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.1
• Component/s: lang.time.*
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Attila Király
• Created: 25/Oct/11 18:28
• Updated: 16/Mar/15 07:25
• Resolved: 16/Mar/15 07:25

Description

In LANG-691 DateUtils.UTC_TIME_ZONE was removed because TimeZone-s are mutable. However it was a handy constant. So it would be nice if it could be reintroduced in an immutable way. For example:

• by creating a new static method DateUtils.utcTimeZone() {return TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");}
• or by creating an immutable timezone type (subclassing maybe SimpleTimeZone)