PCL DateTimeZoneProviders.Tzdb.GetSystemDefault throws DateTimeZoneNotFoundException on non-English locale #221
Description
DateTimeZoneProviders.Tzdb.GetSystemDefault on PCL build throws
DateTimeZoneNotFoundException when the display language (this is as tested on
WP8) is set to non-English.
Digging into the source, I found that on PCL, the library uses
TimeZoneInfo.StandardName instead of normally TimeZoneInfo.Id for looking up
the mapping. This apparently, is a localised name
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-GB/library/system.timezoneinfo.standardname(v=vs.9
5).aspx) so this would not work properly. Eg. "Westeuropäische Zeit" instead
of "GMT Standard Time".
From my testing, I do find that the m_id private field of TimeZoneInfo is
correctly set (at least on WP8), and in this case: "GMT Standard Time. However
there may be a security restriction to access this field reflectively!
This is on version 1.1.0 from NuGet. And it is the PCL and as tested on WP8.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by wiyono.a...@gmail.com on 21 May 2013 at 12:56