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From: Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net>
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Subject: Re: Timezones and versions of Java
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 09:39:52 +0300
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Wed, 25 May 2011 12:04:30 +1200, /Lawrence D'Oliveiro/:

> 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
> <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/3702>, and has already been
> rolled into the regular release <ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/>.
>
> Has Java been patched for this yet?

Java has a TZupdater (Timezone Updater) tool which takes care:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index-jsp-138363.html#timezone

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/tzupdater-readme-136440.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/timezones-137583.html

and yes the exact update you're mentioning seems to be there:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/tzdata-versions-138805.html

That's what Lew has referred to with "you would know if you did even 
the most minimal checking".

-- 
Stanimir