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The example demonstrates the formatting of a time stamp using time zones.
Source Code
REPORT demo_string_template_timezone.
CLASS demo DEFINITION.
PUBLIC SECTION.
CLASS-METHODS main.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS demo IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD main.
TYPES: BEGIN OF timezone,
tzone TYPE ttzz-tzone,
descript TYPE ttzzt-descript,
datetime TYPE string,
END OF timezone.
DATA: timezones TYPE TABLE OF timezone,
tstamp TYPE timestamp.
FIELD-SYMBOLS <timezone> TYPE timezone.
SELECT ttzz~tzone ttzzt~descript
FROM ttzz INNER JOIN ttzzt
ON ttzz~tzone = ttzzt~tzone
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE timezones
WHERE ttzz~tzone NOT LIKE '%UTC%' AND
ttzzt~langu = 'E'
##too_many_itab_fields.
GET TIME STAMP FIELD tstamp.
LOOP AT timezones ASSIGNING <timezone>.
<timezone>-datetime = |{ tstamp TIMEZONE = <timezone>-tzone
TIMESTAMP = USER }|.
ENDLOOP.
SORT timezones BY datetime.
cl_demo_output=>new(
)->begin_section( 'Timezones Around the World'
)->display( timezones ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
START-OF-SELECTION.
demo=>main( ).
Description
All time zones with a geographical reference are extracted from the database table TTZZ into an internal table. The current time stamp is formatted with each of these time zones and written to the internal table. The internal table is sorted and displayed according to the formatted time stamp.