java 1.4 not setting time zone correctly ...

[Jeff Nai]

On FreeBSD, java 1.4 always defaults time zone to GMT. I'd like to know 
if this is a known bug.

% uname -smr
FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE i386

java -version
java version "1.4.1-p3"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 
1.4.1-p3-jnai_15_sep_2003_19_22)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1-p3-jnai_15_sep_2003_19_22, mixed 
mode)

% java TimeTest
old: GMT
new: US/Pacific
shell:    Mon Sep 29 18:41:24 PDT 2003
normal:   Tue Sep 30 01:41:24 GMT 2003
adjusted: Mon Sep 29 18:41:24 GMT 2003


On linxu, time zone is set correctly:

% uname -smr
Linux 2.4.7-10 i686

% java -version
java version "1.4.2"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2-b28)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-b28, mixed mode)

% java TimeTest
old: US/Pacific
new: US/Pacific
shell:    Mon Sep 29 18:48:47 PDT 2003
normal:   Mon Sep 29 18:48:47 PDT 2003
adjusted: Mon Sep 29 11:48:47 PDT 2003

Thanks,
Jeff Nai
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import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class TimeTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
	final SimpleDateFormat DATE = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd kk:mm:ss zzz yyyy");

	// change time zone setting 
	System.out.println("old: " + System.setProperty("user.timezone", "US/Pacific"));
	System.out.println("new: " + System.getProperty("user.timezone"));

	// output from 'date'
	System.out.print("shell:    ");
	try {
	    Process child = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("date");
	    InputStream in = child.getInputStream();
	    int c;
	    while ((c = in.read()) != -1) {
		System.out.print((char)c);
	    }
	} catch (IOException e) {}

	// output from vm
	System.out.println("normal:   " + DATE.format(new Date()));

	// dirty hack!
	Timestamp ts = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis() - 25200000);
	System.out.println("adjusted: " + DATE.format(ts));
    }
}