Australian timezone on Linux
Masayoshi Okutsu
Masayoshi.Okutsu at Sun.COM
Thu Jan 1 05:27:04 UTC 2009
Sun provides a tool for updating time zone data of Java SE.
http://java.sun.com/javase/tzupdater_README.html
Thanks,
Masayoshi
On 1/1/2009 1:44 AM, Jonathan Leffler wrote:
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> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Robert Elz <kre at munnari.oz.au
> <mailto:kre at munnari.oz.au>> wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:58:46 -0500
> From: "Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]"
> <olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov <mailto:olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov>>
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> | I'm seeing what I hope is correct behavior here on the mother
> system (see below).
>
> There was a brief exchange on this in messages which (due to my
> managing to forget the correct address for the list) never made it.
>
> The message below I think includes everything that needs to be said
> about this (unless someone wants to comment on Linux GUI's...)
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> Here's a thought about the UI -- what language is it written in?
>
> If it is Java, then Java stores the time zone information in its own
> files, separately from everyone and everything else. Consequently, it
> could be erroneous because out of date. (Frankly, that is a *bad*
> decision by Java. Or, if necessary - and there are some mitigating
> factors, though I still think it is a bad decision - then it needs to
> be possible to update the relevant part of Java independently of the
> rest of the product.)
>
> --
> Jonathan Leffler <jonathan.leffler at gmail.com
> <mailto:jonathan.leffler at gmail.com>> #include <disclaimer.h>
> Guardian of DBD::Informix - v2008.0513 - http://dbi.perl.org
> "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease
> to be amused."
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