Hi, I'm hoping I can get some quickie questions answered which have been nettling me (I'm using Zope 2b1). I'm getting some good stuff working, but it seems to be a few nagging, simple things which are tricky. Rather than just finding a (probably overly complex) way, I'm hoping someone(s :-) can set me back onto the Zope Zen path for idiomatic simplicity. (Other Zope idiomatic tips would be welcome as well.) Hmm, perhaps a Zope idiom document would be nice!-) 1. Custom dates with correct timezone?. I store a date using fmt="aCommon" in a folder property. Works great when I display it using fmt="aCommon" meaning that the time agrees with the time in my current time zone (PST). It also lists properly from the FolderName/Properties Zope management page. However, when I try to display it as fmt="%b/%d" or fmt="%x %X", the time (or day) is off by 7 hours ahead. Is there an easy way to get custom dates with automatic timezone accuracy (i.e., what am I missing?)? 2. Avoid duplicate pathing? How do I refer to the current folder properly (e.g., for a reload)? Perhaps I just need to reload? I tried FolderName by acquisition which "worked" except that it keeps appending a new FolderName to my address each time its used, e.g., ".../FolderName/" becomes ".../FolderName/FolderName/". What is the Zopish way to get the same behavior but without the duplicated FolderNames? 3. Correct (simplest, most robust?) server-side interconnect for Zope and Java (e.g., JPython)? Hmm, maybe this isn't a quickie, but help/pointers/options would be welcome nevertheless. Is there a standard way to get my java talking with Zope? Perhaps *CGI is the correct tool for this task (I'm new to web stuff)? Basically, I want to get my Zope and Java talking closely. Performance is not a key issue (but nice of course for scalability later on). Right now, I'd just like to get stuff working in some proper (hopefully standard) way with the option to optimize later on. One suggestion I've heard is XML-RPC which certainly is interesting but seems a little heavyweight perhaps since I'm willing to have python talk directly with JPython. (Wishful thinking alert!-) Is there some tricky way to get Java and Zope running in-process together? Short of that, are there some standard options for this sort of thing? Thanks in advance! BTW, I'm enjoying my Zoping. I added several features to my site on request yesterday which was nice turnaround for a newbie. Zope can be very satisfying to use! (Thanks DC!) Cheers, = Joe =