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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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Subject: Re: Timezones and versions of Java
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In message
<fde67e7a-6198-4e7f-a07b-4655c1108d15@j13g2000pro.googlegroups.com>, loial 
wrote:

> Platform is linux.

Linux has a perfectly serviceable set of timezone files available SYSTEMWIDE 
in /usr/share/zoneinfo; why do subsystems like Java insist on carrying 
around their own, potentially out-of-date and inconsistent copies?