TimeIsHard.java

	public static GregorianCalendar getSynchronizedTime() {
        // this time zone is the local time zone
        GregorianCalendar greg = new GregorianCalendar();
        // find the offset from GMT and adjust accordingly.
        // server is in GMT 
        int offset = greg.getTimeZone().getOffset(greg.getTimeInMillis());
        greg.add(GregorianCalendar.MILLISECOND, -offset);
        return greg;
	}

	public static String generateTimestamp() 
	{
		SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
				"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
		GregorianCalendar greg = getSynchronizedTime();
		return dateFormatter.format(greg.getTime());
	}