OH3 - zonedDateTime.now() - Remove Time Zone from Var Result

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DateTime Conversion (openHAB 3.x)

Hi, When rewriting my rules for OH3, I encountered a problem with the conversion between DateTimeType and Java Time: for some reason, when I convert Java Time to String, the name of my timezone is added to the string, e.g. 2021-01-01T07:00+01:00[Europe/Amsterdam]. This probably has to do with the time zone configuration of the Java environment. Obviously, this leads to problems when the string is parsed. I also had a problem the other way around. When a DateTimeType was converted to a String, …

DateTime Conversion (openHAB 3.x)

@ljsquare You are right, thanks. I looked up the code of DateTimeType , and it turns out it’s only a thin wrapper around ZonedDateTime. So there is an easy conversion between the two, without the need for any String parsing or formatting. I’ve rewritten my rule as follows: val morning_start = ZonedDateTime.now().with(LocalTime.MIDNIGHT).plusHours(7) // 7:00 // Java time to DateTimeType: vMorning_Time.postUpdate(new DateTimeType(morning_start)) // DateTimeType to Java time: val da…