tiny fixes here and there

[mir.git] / source / mir / misc / StringUtil.java

diff --git a/source/mir/misc/StringUtil.java b/source/mir/misc/StringUtil.java
index 3464faa..fc9b84a 100755 (executable)
--- a/source/mir/misc/StringUtil.java
+++ b/source/mir/misc/StringUtil.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import java.util.TimeZone;
  */
 public final class StringUtil {
 
+  private static TimeZone UTC = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
   private static RE   re_newline2br, re_brbr2p, re_mail, re_url, re_tags,
                       re_tables, re_forbiddenTags;
 
@@ -384,10 +385,11 @@ public final class StringUtil {
     seconds = Integer.parseInt(anInternalDate.substring(17,19));
 
     timezoneOffset = Integer.parseInt(anInternalDate.substring(20,22));
-    if (anInternalDate.charAt(19) == '-')
+    if (anInternalDate.charAt(19) == '-') {
       timezoneOffset = -timezoneOffset;
+    }
 
-    calendar.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
+    calendar.setTimeZone(UTC);
     calendar.set(year, month-1, day, hours, minutes, seconds);
     calendar.add(Calendar.HOUR, -timezoneOffset);