Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 19:30:31 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Timothy Kettering <timster@blackcore.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Java <java@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Setting the JVM timezone Message-ID: <20020313193031.A44414@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <B8B41FBA.5835%timster@blackcore.com>; from timster@blackcore.com on Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 09:12:26PM -0600 References: <3C8EA1E0.1020003@usa.net> <B8B41FBA.5835%timster@blackcore.com>
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On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 09:12:26PM -0600, Timothy Kettering wrote:
[...]
> Ok I tried the same stuff you did, and I seem to have gotten completely
> opposite results. Here's a paste. But it seems that at first the linux JDK
> got the timezone right, but then after exporting the TZ, both JDKs return
> GMT??
>
> $ /usr/local/linux-jdk1.3.1/bin/java TestRun
> The TZ is: GMT-06:00
> $ /usr/local/jdk1.3.1/bin/java TestRun
> The TZ is: GMT+06:00
> $ export TZ=CST
> $ /usr/local/linux-jdk1.3.1/bin/java TestRun
> The TZ is: GMT+00:00
> $ /usr/local/jdk1.3.1/bin/java TestRun
> The TZ is: GMT+00:00
That's 'cos the TZ entry refers to zone files relative to /usr/share/zoneinfo.
If it can't find the zone-file, it will default to GMT. If you try
something like "export TZ=America/Denver", I suspect your results will
be more correct.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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