--- loncom/localize/lonlocal.pm	2006/04/07 22:03:55	1.38
+++ loncom/localize/lonlocal.pm	2006/08/28 14:26:25	1.41
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Localization routines
 #
-# $Id: lonlocal.pm,v 1.38 2006/04/07 22:03:55 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonlocal.pm,v 1.41 2006/08/28 14:26:25 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ package Apache::lonlocal;
 use strict;
 use Apache::localize;
 use locale;
-use POSIX qw(locale_h);
+use POSIX qw(locale_h strftime);
 
 require Exporter;
 
@@ -258,13 +258,17 @@ sub get_language_handle {
 
 # ========================================================== Localize localtime
 sub gettimezone {
-    return ' ('.$Apache::lonnet::env{'server.timezone'}.')';
+    my ($time) = @_;
+    return ' ('.&strftime("%Z",localtime($time)).')';
 }
 
 sub locallocaltime {
     my $thistime=shift;
+    if (!defined($thistime) || $thistime eq '') {
+	return &mt('Never');
+    }
     if ((&current_language=~/^en/) || (!$lh)) {
-	return ''.localtime($thistime).&gettimezone();
+	return ''.localtime($thistime).&gettimezone($thistime);
     } else {
 	my $format=$lh->maketext('date_locale');
 	if ($format eq 'date_locale') {
@@ -294,7 +298,7 @@ sub locallocaltime {
 	 'month','weekday','ampm') {
 	    $format=~s/\$$_/eval('$'.$_)/gse;
 	}
-	return $format.&gettimezone();
+	return $format.&gettimezone($thistime);
     }
 }
 
@@ -341,6 +345,21 @@ sub transstatic {
     $$strptr=~s/MT\{([^\}]*)\}/&mt($1)/gse;
 }
 
+=pod 
+
+=item * mt_escape
+
+mt_escape takes a string reference and escape the [] in there so mt
+will leave them as is and not try to expand them
+
+=cut
+
+sub mt_escape {
+    my ($str_ref) = @_;
+    $$str_ref =~s/~/~~/g;
+    $$str_ref =~s/([\[\]])/~$1/g;
+}
+
 1;
 
 __END__