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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 <iri87l$no8$1@dont-email.me>, Stanimir Stamenkov wrote:

> 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:

So the answer is “no”: you need to download, install and run a separate tool 
to apply a patch to fix it up.

How many people are going to bother with this?