timezone

NODE TIMEZONE

Development tasks:

• Parse Olson file.
• Create searchable structure for offsets and rules.
• Create Olson file compiler utility.
• Create tests with controls generated by a mature timezone library such as CPAN's DateTime::TimeZone or UNIX date.
• Create a timezone conversion method.
• Create a date offset method.
• Create French and German locales to seed the locale set.

Decisions:

• Olson files are compiled into JSON, loaded as JSON.
• On the browser side, it is the job of the client to initialize the timezone data, to load it and whatnot.
• In Node.js, timezone data is loaded synchonously as needed, or at startup.
• Make a magic function that does format, parse and date math based on parameter order, to simplify import and minimize burden on namespace.