dojo.date does not localize the Time Zone String

[smathai]

If we create a dojo Date object, then use "dojo/date/locale" to format the date object using any formatLength option (example: "long" or "full") that also displays the Time Zone string, then the Time Zone portion of the string is always in English even if you change your browser's Locale/Language? setting to a different language.

var myDate = new Date();
var myStr = dateLocale.format(myDate, {formatLength: "long"});

This is the US English locale output:

July 23, 2014 at 2:57:50 PM Eastern Standard Time

This is the French locale output:

23 juillet 2014 14:57:50 Eastern Standard Time

Looking at the source code for dojo.date.js shows this function comment:

// FIXME: This is not localized
date.getTimezoneName = function(/*Date*/dateObject){

Can this be fixed?

[dylan]

Given that no one has shown interest in creating a patch in more than a year, I'm closing this as patchwelcome. Please let us know if you would like to get involved in helping make this change to Dojo!