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From: Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Timezones and versions of Java
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 02:16:14 +0200
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On 24/05/2011 01:50, Lawrence D'Oliveiro allegedly wrote:
> 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 around their own, potentially out-of-date and inconsistent copies?

The JRE carries regularly updated timezone info (which can be updated 
independently of the JRE) for the purpose of running in environments 
that do not sport a perfectly serviceable set of timezone informations.

-- 
DF.
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