Timezone behavior of Java

[Osipov, Michael]

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
> 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,

If it works with your system then it must be something with ours. I have absolutely no idea what the cause might be. Any pointers?

Thanks,

Mike