Timezone behavior of Java

[Jung-uk Kim]

On Thursday 27 May 2010 11:34 am, Jung-uk Kim wrote:
> On Thursday 27 May 2010 07:40 am, Osipov, Michael wrote:
> > Jung-uk Kim wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 25 May 2010 05:14 am, Osipov, Michael wrote:
> > >> Hi folks,
> > >>[...]
> > >
> > > Works fine with OpenJDK6 b19:
> > >
> > > [...]
> >
> > Kim,
> >
> > I tried the example from the supplied link. It fails:
>
> --- >8 --- SNIP!!! --- >8 ---
>
> > osipovmi at blnn719x:/.amd_mnt/blnn728x/home/osipovmi$ java -version
> > java version "1.6.0_07"
> > Diablo Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_07-b02)
> > Diablo Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 10.0-b23, mixed mode)
> > osipovmi at blnn719x:/.amd_mnt/blnn728x/home/osipovmi$
> >
> > I am on Diablo.
> >
> > Is seems like a bug to me actually.
>
> Works with Diablo as well:
>
> hammer# setenv JAVA_HOME /usr/local/diablo-jdk1.6.0
> hammer# java -version
> java version "1.6.0_07"
> Diablo Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_07-b02)
> Diablo Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0-b23, mixed
> mode) hammer# echo $TZ
> TZ: Undefined variable.
> hammer# javac TimeTest.java
> hammer# java TimeTest

Sorry, copy-pasto.  This line was moved few lines up to here by my 
evil mouse. :-(

Jung-uk Kim

> hammer# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime
> hammer# date
> Thu May 27 17:26:54 CEST 2010
> Current time in milliseconds = 1274974109405 => Thu May 27 17:28:29
> CEST 2010 Current time zone: Europe/Berlin
> hammer# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
> hammer# java TimeTest
> Current time in milliseconds = 1274974222377 => Thu May 27 11:30:22
> EDT 2010 Current time zone: America/New_York
> hammer# setenv TZ Europe/Berlin
> hammer# java TimeTest
> Current time in milliseconds = 1274974302535 => Thu May 27 17:31:42
> CEST 2010 Current time zone: Europe/Berlin
> hammer# unsetenv TZ
> hammer# echo $TZ
> TZ: Undefined variable.
> hammer# java TimeTest
> Current time in milliseconds = 1274974350446 => Thu May 27 11:32:30
> EDT 2010 Current time zone: America/New_York
>
> Jung-uk Kim