RE: Can servlet know the timezone of the browser?

Mark,

> People may differ in what they think of as a locale. We tend to take a
> narrow view, that it is principally items that differ according to
> language, thus excluding other items like preferred timezone,
> preferred currency, preferred character set, smoker/non-smoker
> preference, meal preference (vegetarian, kosher, etc.), music
> preference, religion, party affiliation, favorite charity, etc.
> 
> It is not that these other items may not be important; they may very
> well be, depending on the application. And thus one may need to
> communicate them. But they don't necessarily belong in an
> all-encompassing 'locale'.

You are right that you have to draw the line somewhere.  I used to think of time zones as separate from locales until I became more familiar with Olsen time zones.  He establishes times zones that are unique subdivisions within a country.  This makes sense since each country has political control over time zones.  The time zone parameters are regional data within the country data.  It is sub-country data like language within a country may vary to produce sub-languages.

Carl