Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Timezones and versions of Java Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 08:14:25 -0400 Organization: albasani.net Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.albasani.net DlrqhZ+0jVcvxFBYdhnHk8rE76Vq7sHXzWXX11JBJKx8FOXv4DA6GhYNKQKYlo3BF3Tz+bMYrfap+FUQraoYPdORLlQiI3PbIgSeYdcgI2ktCK/MHLX2vCB8ltLzfHWf NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 12:14:04 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.albasani.net; logging-data="4H+RhvkLPAl+bpurkn6M+7eKhVfVbxGs+1o88jHjj50MvqBhHvG1Olhpf31jHdS7DofL9LGkppGDUcxkF5eCx9UEmFlFc2GacJIiIkDrimH4NA3oH2WXfwHgywEhLyFY"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@albasani.net" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110424 Thunderbird/3.1.10 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:6YkyCwF3fwHmT6ezBZpawr6RZqc= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4526 On 05/24/2011 04:25 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message, Lothar Kimmeringer wrote: > >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> In message, Daniele Futtorovic wrote: >>>> >>>> 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. >>> >>> Which is not the case with Linux. Why can it not use zoneinfo when it’s >>> available? >> >> Because these files are part of the runtime-classes which are >> Java and are therefor platform independent. > > Is that like saying you can never take the plane from an airport in your > town, because other towns don’t have airports? > >> BTW: How is Linux ensuring that the timezone-files are staying correct? > > Much more easily and quickly than any software vendor can provide software > patches. > > For example, Chile recently rushed through a bill to extend its daylight- > saving hours, just days before the period was due to end under the old > rules. A zoneinfo patch was available that same week > , and has already been > rolled into the regular release. > > Has Java been patched for this yet? Yes, as you would know if you did even the most minimal checking. -- Lew Honi soit qui mal y pense. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg