[Mono-list] TimeZoneInfo.FromSerializedString

[Joe Audette]

Hi All,

Could anyone advise on when/if this method might be implemented?

TimeZoneInfo.FromSerializedString(string source)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.timezoneinfo.fromserializedstring.aspx

I would like to use this to implement better support for TimeZones in
mojoPortal, it will allow automatically adjusting time offsets
according to changes during Daylight savings.

I serialized all the installed TimeZones on my machine and made them
into constants like this:

public const string EasternStandardTime = "Eastern Standard
Time;-300;(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada);Eastern Standard
Time;Eastern Daylight
Time;[01:01:0001;12:31:2006;60;[0;02:00:00;4;1;0;];[0;02:00:00;10;5;0;];][01:01:2007;12:31:9999;60;[0;02:00:00;3;2;0;];[0;02:00:00;11;1;0;];];";

and I'm building a list of them like this:

List<TimeZoneInfo> timeZones = new List<TimeZoneInfo>();

            timeZones.Add(TimeZoneInfo.FromSerializedString(AfghanistanStandardTime));
            timeZones.Add(TimeZoneInfo.FromSerializedString(AlaskanStandardTime));
...

It works nice on Windows but on Mono it throws NotImplementedException.

Any advice or information much appreciated.

Thanks,

Joe



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