--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/09/13 02:37:26	1.686
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/09/19 03:27:04	1.687
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.686 2008/09/13 02:37:26 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.687 2008/09/19 03:27:04 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ use Apache::lontexconvert();
 use Apache::lonclonecourse();
 use LONCAPA qw(:DEFAULT :match);
 use DateTime::TimeZone;
+use DateTime::Locale::Catalog;
 
 # ---------------------------------------------- Designs
 use vars qw(%defaultdesign);
@@ -658,6 +659,57 @@ sub select_timezone {
    return $output;
 }
 
+sub select_datelocale {
+    my ($name,$selected,$onchange,$includeempty)=@_;
+    my $output='<select name="'.$name.'" '.$onchange.'>'."\n";
+    if ($includeempty) {
+        $output .= '<option value=""';
+        if ($selected eq '') {
+            $output .= ' selected="selected" ';
+        }
+        $output .= '> </option>';
+    }
+    my (@possibles,%locale_names);
+    my @locales = DateTime::Locale::Catalog::Locales;
+    foreach my $locale (@locales) {
+        if (ref($locale) eq 'HASH') {
+            my $id = $locale->{'id'};
+            if ($id ne '') {
+                my $en_terr = $locale->{'en_territory'};
+                my $native_terr = $locale->{'native_territory'};
+                my @languages = &preferred_languages();
+                if (grep(/^en$/,@languages) || !@languages) {
+                    if ($en_terr ne '') {
+                        $locale_names{$id} = '('.$en_terr.')';
+                    } elsif ($native_terr ne '') {
+                        $locale_names{$id} = $native_terr;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if ($native_terr ne '') {
+                        $locale_names{$id} = $native_terr.' ';
+                    } elsif ($en_terr ne '') {
+                        $locale_names{$id} = '('.$en_terr.')';
+                    }
+                }
+                push (@possibles,$id);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    foreach my $item (sort(@possibles)) {
+        $output.= '<option value="'.$item.'"';
+        if ($item eq $selected) {
+            $output.=' selected="selected"';
+        }
+        $output.=">$item";
+        if ($locale_names{$item} ne '') {
+            $output.="  $locale_names{$item}</option>\n";
+        }
+        $output.="</option>\n";
+    }
+    $output.="</select>";
+    return $output;
+}
+
 =pod
 
 =item * &linked_select_forms(...)
@@ -3354,16 +3406,21 @@ sub pprmlink {
 
 
 sub timehash {
-    my @ltime=localtime(shift);
-    return ( 'seconds' => $ltime[0],
-             'minutes' => $ltime[1],
-             'hours'   => $ltime[2],
-             'day'     => $ltime[3],
-             'month'   => $ltime[4]+1,
-             'year'    => $ltime[5]+1900,
-             'weekday' => $ltime[6],
-             'dayyear' => $ltime[7]+1,
-             'dlsav'   => $ltime[8] );
+    my ($thistime) = @_;
+    my $timezone = &Apache::lonlocal::gettimezone();
+    my $dt = DateTime->from_epoch(epoch => $thistime)
+                     ->set_time_zone($timezone);
+    my $wday = $dt->day_of_week();
+    if ($wday == 7) { $wday = 0; }
+    return ( 'second' => $dt->second(),
+             'minute' => $dt->minute(),
+             'hour'   => $dt->hour(),
+             'day'     => $dt->day_of_month(),
+             'month'   => $dt->month(),
+             'year'    => $dt->year(),
+             'weekday' => $wday,
+             'dayyear' => $dt->day_of_year(),
+             'dlsav'   => $dt->is_dst() );
 }
 
 sub utc_string {
@@ -3373,6 +3430,24 @@ sub utc_string {
 
 sub maketime {
     my %th=@_;
+    my ($epoch_time,$timezone,$dt);
+    $timezone = &Apache::lonlocal::gettimezone();
+    eval {
+        $dt = DateTime->new( year   => $th{'year'},
+                             month  => $th{'month'},
+                             day    => $th{'day'},
+                             hour   => $th{'hour'},
+                             minute => $th{'minute'},
+                             second => $th{'second'},
+                             time_zone => $timezone,
+                         );
+    };
+    if (!$@) {
+        $epoch_time = $dt->epoch;
+        if ($epoch_time) {
+            return $epoch_time;
+        }
+    }
     return POSIX::mktime(
         ($th{'seconds'},$th{'minutes'},$th{'hours'},
          $th{'day'},$th{'month'}-1,$th{'year'}-1900,0,0,-1));