dates with jodatime datetime

gistfile1.groovy

var org_date_created;
var org_date_of_sale;

// zones ( local is for dev environments
local   = org.joda.time.DateTimeZone.getDefault();
cenZone = org.joda.time.DateTimeZone.forID('America/Chicago');

// dates from db in central
dc  = (new org.joda.time.DateTime( date_created )).withZoneRetainFields(cenZone);
dos = (new org.joda.time.DateTime( date_of_sale )).withZoneRetainFields(cenZone);

// org zone
tz   = org.joda.time.DateTimeZone.forID( trim( time_zone ) );

// convert to org zone then convert to local keeping the orgs time values ( no time conversion )
org_date_created = dc.withZone( tz ).withZoneRetainFields( local ).toDate();
org_date_of_sale = dos.withZone( tz ).withZoneRetainFields( local ).toDate();