[XMLBEANS-242] Do not set TimeZone when it is not specified

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: Version 2
• Component/s: Binding
• Environment: JAVA 1.4
• Assignee: Jacob Danner
• Reporter: Akram BEN AISSI
• Created: 05/Jan/06 20:23
• Updated: 06/Jan/12 22:15
• Resolved: 12/Apr/07 23:26

Description

When setting a Calendar on a XmlObject , the TimeZone is added. If the Timezone is not specified, the defaut Timezone (getDefaultTimeZone() ) is set.
Example: I have a dateOfBirth node in my XML. I do this.
myObject.setDateOfBirth( new GregorianCalendar());
then my XML looks like this:
<dateOfBirth>2005-01-04+01:00</dateOfBirth>
If i do this:
Calendar dob = new GregorianCalendar();
dob.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
myObject.setDateOfBirth( dob);

I get this:
<dateOfBirth>2005-01-04Z</dateOfBirth>

If I do this:
Calendar dob = new GregorianCalendar();
dob.setTimeZone(null);
myObject.setDateOfBirth( dob);

I got a null pointer exception.

My problem is how can I do if I do not want the Timezone to be printed in my XML. I know that xs:date specifies that the timezone is optional, but for display reasons I don't want to show it.

Do you have any clue about this problem? What I suggest is to not display Timezone if it is not present.