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&& a.getAttribute("title"))
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// Jumble addresses
function decryptEmail() {
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str.replace(/^mail:([^\?]+)(\?.+)?$/,"mailto:$
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$2");
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// The function can return undesirable results if the SET DATEFIRST statement is set to anything other than Sunday.
if not object_id('dbo.udf_GetDaylightSavingsTime') is null
drop function dbo.udf_GetDaylightSavingsTime
GO
CREATE function [dbo].udf_GetDaylightSavingsTime(@year int, @extent varchar(255))
returns datetime
/**********************************************************************
PROCEDURE: udf_GetDaylightSavingsTime
PARAMETERS: @year: the year to return the daylight savings time begin
date
@extent ('Begin' or 'End'): indicates whether the function
returns the begin or end date of daylight savings time
APPLICATION: System Support
PURPOSE: This procedure will return the date of daylight savings
time according to the current federal schedule, which is
currently the second Sunday in March: http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html#chart
NOTES: This procedure will also return the begin date for the previous
schedule which ended in 2006, which was the first Sunday of
April
if @extent not in('Begin', 'End')
begin
set @dateTime = 1/0
end
set @dateTime = case @extent
when 'Begin' then
case
--latest daylight savings time
when @year >= 2007 then cast('3/8/' + cast(@year as varchar(4)) as datetime)
--old daylight savings time prior to 2007
when @year <= 2006 then cast('4/1/' + cast(@year as varchar(4)) as datetime)
end
when 'End' then
case
--latest daylight savings time
when @year >= 2007 then cast('11/1/' + cast(@year as varchar(4)) as datetime)
--old daylight savings time prior to 2007
when @year <= 2006 then cast('10/31/' + cast(@year as varchar(4)) as datetime)
end
end
set @dateTime = case
when @extent = 'End' and @year <= 2006
then DATEADD(DAY,1-DATEPART(weekday,dateadd(ms,-3,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,@dateTime)+1, 0))),dateadd(ms,-3,DATEADD(mm, DATEDIFF(m,0,@dateTime)+1, 0)))
else
case when datepart(dw, @dateTime) = 1
then @dateTime
else dateadd(dd, 8 - datepart(dw, @dateTime), @dateTime)
end
end
-- daylight savings time begins at 2 am
return convert(varchar(10), @dateTime, 101) + ' 02:00:00'
end -- function
GO
declare @TestyWesty table (UTCDate datetime)
--Test DST Begin date
insert into @TestyWesty values('03/08/2009 09:59:59')
insert into @TestyWesty values('03/08/2009 10:00:00')
insert into @TestyWesty values('03/08/2009 10:00:01')
--Test DST End date
insert into @TestyWesty values('11/01/2009 08:59:59')
insert into @TestyWesty values('11/01/2009 09:00:00')
insert into @TestyWesty values('11/01/2009 09:00:01')
SELECT
case
when dateadd(hour, -8, UTCDate) >= dbo.udf_GetDaylightSavingsTime(year(UTCDate), 'Begin') and dateadd(hour, -7, UTCDate) < dbo.udf_GetDaylightSavingsTime(year(UTCDate), 'End')
then dateadd(hour, -7, UTCDate)
else
dateadd(hour, -8, UTCDate)
end as UTCDate
from @TestyWesty
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