Bug 351178: WebService needs to be able to provide the server's timezone

Patch By Max Kanat-Alexander <mkanat@bugzilla.org> r=wurblzap, a=myk

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Bugzilla/WebService/Bugzilla.pm b/Bugzilla/WebService/Bugzilla.pm
index 0caf5fab2..dfab69845 100755
--- a/Bugzilla/WebService/Bugzilla.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/WebService/Bugzilla.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # The Original Code is the Bugzilla Bug Tracking System.
 #
 # Contributor(s): Marc Schumann <wurblzap@gmail.com>
+#                 Max Kanat-Alexander <mkanat@bugzilla.org>
 
 package Bugzilla::WebService::Bugzilla;
 
@@ -20,8 +21,51 @@ use strict;
 use base qw(Bugzilla::WebService);
 use Bugzilla::Constants;
 
-sub get_version {
+use Time::Zone;
+
+sub version {
     return BUGZILLA_VERSION;
 }
 
+sub timezone {
+    my $offset = tz_offset();
+    $offset = (($offset / 60) / 60) * 100;
+    $offset = sprintf('%+05d', $offset);
+    return 'GMT' . $offset;
+}
+
 1;
+
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Bugzilla::WebService::Bugzilla - Global functions for the webservice interface.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ my $version = Bugzilla.version;
+ my $tz = Bugzilla.timezone;
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This provides functions that tell you about Bugzilla in general.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+See L<Bugzilla::WebService> for a description of what B<STABLE>, B<UNSTABLE>,
+and B<EXPERIMENTAL> mean.
+
+=over
+
+=item C<version>
+
+Returns the current version of Bugzilla, as a string.
+
+=item C<timezone>
+
+Returns the timezone of the server Bugzilla is running on, in GMT(+/-)XXXX 
+format. This is important because all dates/times that the webservice
+interface returns will be in this timezone.
+
+=back