[Fwd: Re: TimeZone Defaults]

[Christy Pang]

c0ldbyte wrote:

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> On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Christy Pang wrote:
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>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject:     Re: TimeZone Defaults
>> Date:     Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:05:44 -0400
>> From:     Christy Pang <christy at borderware.com>
>> To:     Kurt Miller <truk at optonline.net>
>> References:     <425AA4DA.8070103 at borderware.com> 
>> <425AB46B.5040602 at iang.org> <012401c53ec1$c164b4e0$150110ac at focus>
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>> Kurt Miller wrote:
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>>> Is /etc/localtime a symlink? If it is, try copying the tz file
>>> to /etc/localtime instead.
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>> It was a symlink. Our /etc file system is a read only file system. 
>> But even copy the TZ file to /etc/localtime
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>> md5 /etc/localtime
>> MD5 (/etc/localtime) = 370687bb78b74fc4540f6a316d8bca02
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>> root at sip-tey 2:24pm # md5 /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Toronto
>> MD5 (/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Toronto) = 
>> 370687bb78b74fc4540f6a316d8bca02
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>> the result is still wrong, should be *GMT-04:00*
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>> $JAVA_HOME/bin/java tztest
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>> tz = GMT+04:00
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>> Christy
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> So set the correct time zone ?

No.  The /etc/localtime file  is the same as 
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Toronto (same md5), the following code
       TimeZone.getDefault().getID();
ret. GMT+04:00  instead of GMT-04:00 .


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